Memcached vs SQL Server cache

Question

I\'ve been reading a lot of articles that suggest putting a Memcached (or Velocity, etc) in front of a database is more efficient than hitting the database directly. It wil

Answer 1

Velocity, et al, are GREAT especially when your SQL server lives on its own box. We've been using ASP.NET's built-in caching but hope to move to Velocity. Several web servers talk to a SQL cluster and the caching really helps with scalability and reducing the SQL load.