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What Are the Differences Between DCS for Memcached and Self-Hosted Memcached?

Table 1 describes the differences between DCS for Memcached and self-hosted Memcached.

**Table 1** Comparing DCS for Memcached and self-hosted Memcached
Item	DCS for Memcached	Self-Hosted Memcached
Deployment	Easy to deploy. DCS for Memcached can be used right out of the box without requiring you to worry about the hardware or software.	Involves complicated operations and settings.
Availability	Master/Standby instances use hot standby to ensure stable services. If the master node is faulty, the standby cache node will automatically become the master node to prevent a single point of failure.	Requires additional configurations.
Security	Uses the VPC and security groups for network access security control.	Requires you to design and implement a security mechanism by yourself.
Scale-up	Supports online scale-up on the console.	Requires additional hardware and restarting your service.

Parent topic: Memcached Usage

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