Understanding Cache: Concepts, Types, and Best Practices
Cache is a temporary storage layer that speeds data access by keeping frequently used items close to the processor, spanning hardware (CPU registers, multi‑level caches) to software (database, Redis, Memcached), and requires careful design to avoid penetration, breakdown, and consistency issues through techniques such as empty‑result caching, Bloom filters, pre‑warming, jittered expirations, logical refreshes, and multi‑level strategies.
