Is it possible to run a cache preview without an emulator?

Question

In our applications, we use some specific Azure functions (mainly blob storage). With block storage, we figured out how to run it without requiring a sluggish Azure Emulator.

We are currently experimenting with previewing caching. It does some pretty cool things and can help solve some of the performance issues that I have with some of our features, but I didn't get it working without running it in either the emulator or the Azure production environment.

So, is there any known way to make it work on its own? To run our application in an emulator to do something, it is a kind of transaction breaker, especially for some of our developers on machines without SSDs.

Answer 1

Currently, Azure Cache cannot run locally without the devfabric emulator. Although the devfabric emulator adds load time, it helps evaluate caching in a way that is uniform for the cloud and helps to avoid surprises. The caching service uses a number of features in the Azure environment for parity in the cloud and in pre-testing.

If you run into problems with Azure cache devfabric times, could you tell me the added extra load time? Use the dev configuration store for faster download times. Once the application loads, it does not take much extra time. Also consider deleting logs, etc.

Answer 2

Azure AppFabric Cache is an implementation of the AppFabric cache, so if you want to run the cache without an emulator, you can try installing it on the server on the premise. There are some differences , but since you're using a cache preview rather than a shared cache, this should be too much of a problem.