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Top Cache Eviction Strategies

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A structured overview of five cache eviction strategies: TTL, LRU, LFU, MRU, and Segmented LRU (SLRU). Each strategy is explained with how it works, best use cases, pros and cons, and where applicable, a code example using Redis. TTL removes items after a fixed time, LRU evicts the least recently accessed, LFU removes the least frequently accessed, MRU evicts the most recently accessed (useful for streaming/batch workloads), and SLRU splits the cache into probationary and protected segments for a hybrid approach.

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Apr 28•4m read time•From newsletter.systemdesigncodex.com
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1 - Time-to-Live (TTL)2 - Least-Recently Used (LRU)3 - Least Frequently Used (LFU) – Prioritizing Popular Items4 - Most Recently Used (MRU) – Evicting Fresh Data First5 - Segmented LRU (SLRU) – A Hybrid Approach
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