Hi,

My understanding is that Cache router takes the data that Drupal was going to cache, and caches it using different technologies which could be more efficient - is that right??

If this is the case then I would assume that if all Drupal native caching is turned off, then there will be no caching done by cache router??

I ask because I'm looking for a granular approach, so I have caching set up on my site with the cache in Panels and the cache in Views. These both use the native Drupal cache. If I could add Cache Router to the mix, to divert the data going to Drupal Cache to go to one of the cache router options, then this would be ideal!

Also, what's the best way to test page speeds? Is there a 3rd party app that can maybe simulate some load? Would jmeter do this job?

Many thanks, Joe

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joecanti commented

Any ideas on this?

Thanks, joe

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thedavidmeister commented
Status: Active » Fixed

Yes, cache router replaces requests to cache_MODULE database tables for each "bin" you configure, or all of them if you only configure the "default" bin.

Your understanding is correct.

Any other performance optimizations are outside the scope of this module, as is load testing.

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.

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joecanti commented

Thanks for clarifying that..I'll give it a go on my next project.

Cheers, Joe

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thedavidmeister commented

Cache router doesn't have a D7 release as a lot of the ideas behind it are in core.

You need to find specific implementations for the technologies you want to use, filecache, APC, Memcache, etc...

Once you've picked one (filecache is arguably the easiest to setup and gives a big boost over the default database caching) read through this to figure out how to put things in and out of the cache for your modules - http://www.lullabot.com/articles/beginners-guide-caching-data-drupal-7