7.7. Cache

if os.path.exists('/tmp/memcached.sock'):
    CACHES = {
        'default': {
            'BACKEND': 'django.core.cache.backends.memcached.PyLibMCCache',
            'LOCATION': '/tmp/memcached.sock',

            # Use binary memcache protocol (needed for authentication)
            'BINARY': True,

            # TIMEOUT is not the connection timeout! It's the default expiration
            # timeout that should be applied to keys! Setting it to `None`
            # disables expiration.
            'TIMEOUT': None,

            'OPTIONS': {
                # Enable faster IO
                'tcp_nodelay': True,

                # Keep connection alive
                'tcp_keepalive': True,

                # Timeout settings
                'connect_timeout': 2000,  # ms
                'send_timeout': 750 * 1000,  # us
                'receive_timeout': 750 * 1000,  # us
                '_poll_timeout': 2000,  # ms

                # Better failover
                'ketama': True,
                'remove_failed': 1,
                'retry_timeout': 2,
                'dead_timeout': 30,
            }
        }
    }
else:
    CACHES = {
        'default': {
            'BACKEND': 'django.core.cache.backends.dummy.DummyCache'
        }
    }