Memcached on Windows
Last time I tried to do MemCache on windows I gave up, as getting MemCache to work on Windows was seriously difficult.
Well this is all a thing of the past due to some fine work from Kenneth Dalgleish who has created a Win32 port – Top Man 
Installation
Download the memcache port from http://www.splinedancer.com/memcached-win32/
Extract the download to your filesystsm (say c:\memcached)
Create a service using the command : c:\memcached\memcached.exe -d install
Start the server using the command : c:\memcached\memcached.exe -d start (or using the services management console)
Thats it! by default it listens on port 11211
Rails 2.1 makes using memcache really easy and having this option on Windows is a real shot in the arm for Enterprises who are looking to host Rails apps on Windows.
