Cache Me If You Can: How Grafana Labs Scaled Up Their Memcached 42x and Improved Reliability

Explore a conference talk from SREcon23 Europe/Middle East/Africa that delves into how Grafana Labs significantly scaled their Memcached implementation. Learn about the challenges faced with cloud database storage and severe rate-limiting during large queries. Discover the innovative solution combining Memcached with local SSDs from major cloud vendors to achieve a 42x scale-up, reaching tens of terabytes of cache. Gain insights into improving reliability and cost-effectiveness in large-scale data operations. The 26-minute presentation by Danny Kopping from Grafana Labs offers valuable knowledge for SREs and engineers working with big data and cloud infrastructure.