Set amount of memory available to AppFabric Caching

Question

How do I set the amount of memory available to the Windows Server AppFabric Caching service?

We're running the AppFabric Cache on the same server which is hosting the website, and I'd like to be able to control how much RAM the cache will consume.

Greasepaint

I am not sure this is possible.. Looking forward to a better answer :) – Expansion

wow - I have 2 users sessionstate for just testing and it took 700MB!! – Palladous

Answer 1

You can modify the amount of ram available using this commands on the powerShell console:

Stop-cachecluster
Set-cacheHostConfig {Machine name} {port(22233)} -CacheSize {cache allocation in MB}
Start-cachecluster

More info on MSDN

Salita

Works. Set-CacheHostConfig PLUTO 22233 -CacheSize 1024. – Unction

if it appears to timeout you may need elevated permissions – Palladous