Custom Response Caching Using NCache in ASP.NET Core

By Joydip Kanjilal

Key Takeaways

• Caching is a technique for improving web application performance by temporarily storing requested data in memory for later reuse.
• Response caching refers to specifying cache-related headers on HTTP responses made by ASP.NET Core MVC actions.
• NCache is a cross-platform, open-source distributed caching framework from Alachisoft, built entirely using .NET.  
• This article presents a discussion on how we can work with NCache and response caching middleware in ASP.NET Core.

NCache is a cross-platform, open-source distributed caching framework from Alachisoft. It is an extremely fast distributed caching framework that is linearly scalable. This article presents a discussion on how we can work with NCache and response caching middleware in ASP.NET Core.