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5th May 2009 - Link Blog

hash_ring 1.2. A Python library for consistent hashing with memcached, using MD5 and the same algorithm as libketama. Exposes an interface that is identical to regular memcache making this a drop-in replacement.

Posted 5th May 2009 at 1:45 pm

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