Ten caching mistakes that break your app

Ten caching mistakes that break your app
By Omar Al Zabir 3 Oct 2010
Here are the top 10 mistakes I have seen:

1.Relying on .NET’s default serializer.
2.Storing large objects in a single cache item.
3.Using cache to share objects between threads.
4.Assuming items will be in cache immediately after storing it.
5.Storing entire collection with nested objects.
6.Storing parent-child objects together and also separately.
7.Caching Configuration settings.
8.Caching Live Objects that has open handle to stream, file, registry, or network.
9.Storing same item using multiple keys.
10.Not updating or deleting items in cache after updating or deleting them on persistent storage.
Let’s see what they are and how to avoid them.
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