Shockingly simple: Tuning Momento’s .NET cache client

The blog post delves into the intricacies of tuning Momento's .NET cache client, emphasizing the importance of optimizing client libraries for a seamless user experience. It highlights the challenges and insights gained from experimenting with gRPC client tuning across different programming languages, particularly focusing on how the .NET library handles connections more efficiently compared to Python and JavaScript. The experiment uncovered that the .NET gRPC library automatically manages multiple connections based on concurrent request demands, unlike its counterparts, which require manual adjustment. This automatic handling, while beneficial, can lead to performance issues if not properly capped, prompting the addition of configuration options to limit concurrent requests and connections. Through various tests, it was shown that the .NET client could achieve significantly higher throughput due to its ability to leverage all CPU cores, but network I/O became the bottleneck in high-performance settings. The post concludes with the establishment of default configurations for different environments to streamline client setup and emphasizes Momento’s commitment to enhancing both server and client software for optimal performance.