Question

I have a centos server running memcached. I use the spymemcached client to store cache key value pairs.

I need to clear all cache values and keys.

Do I do this on the client or server side?

I have tried the telnet method to flush_all

I have tried on the spymemcached side:

flush();

Neither of these clear the cache.

Can someone please help?

Answer 1

flush(); just invalidates all of the items in the memcached cache. You might need to restart the memcached server to clear the cache. Technically you are safe with go flush(); memcached will use allocated memory when ever it needs.