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    <p>Is it possible at all to do this through Craft?</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Probably, but it kind of depends on what level of caching we're talking about and your specific use-case.</p>
  
  <p>There's an overview of the different caching options available in Craft and what they mean <a href="https://craftcms.stackexchange.com/a/13383/57">here</a>.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Superb write up! Bookmarked for checking up on in the future; I did not know that template `{% cache %}` tags always stored cache in the database, and that specifying cache type in `general.php` was separate and for plugin-use exclusively. By default it is doing what I wanted, then. Great links, Cold Cache looks awesome. So many easter eggs here. Craft CMS (& the support here) has made web development "fun" in a way it's never been for me before. Thanks, Brad!
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Answers.Text: Glad to hear. :)  Moved the answer over to its own question.  Caching is complicated and questions around it get asked often enough that there should be a "definitive" place to point people to.
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Body: <p>Is it possible to use different types of cache in Craft? <a href="http://www.yiiframework.com/doc-2.0/guide-caching-data.html" rel="nofollow">Yii</a> made a point how different caches are better for different reasons: </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Tip: You may use different cache storage in the same application. A
    common strategy is to use memory-based cache storage to store data
    that is small but constantly used (e.g. statistical data), and use
    file-based or database-based cache storage to store data that is big
    and less frequently used (e.g. page content).</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>There are some pages that need a decent sized portion of content cached, but other areas in plugins that cache small bits of data. It would be nice if I could declare template cache to be "X" cache type, but use other cache types such as Redis in other areas.</p>
  
  <p>Is it possible at all to do this through Craft?</p>
  
Tags: <templating><cache><yii><filecache>
Title: Changing cache type
ThreadText: # Changing cache type
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-01-24)
  
  Is it possible to use different types of cache in Craft? [Yii](http://www.yiiframework.com/doc-2.0/guide-caching-data.html) made a point how different caches are better for different reasons:
  
  > Tip: You may use different cache storage in the same application. A
  > common strategy is to use memory-based cache storage to store data
  > that is small but constantly used (e.g. statistical data), and use
  > file-based or database-based cache storage to store data that is big
  > and less frequently used (e.g. page content).
  
  There are some pages that need a decent sized portion of content cached, but other areas in plugins that cache small bits of data. It would be nice if I could declare template cache to be "X" cache type, but use other cache types such as Redis in other areas.
  
  Is it possible at all to do this through Craft?
  
  **Tags:** templating, cache, yii, filecache
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2016-01-26. Score: 1 | Accepted answer
  
  > Is it possible at all to do this through Craft?
  
  Probably, but it kind of depends on what level of caching we're talking about and your specific use-case.
  
  There's an overview of the different caching options available in Craft and what they mean [here](https://craftcms.stackexchange.com/a/13383/57).
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Superb write up! Bookmarked for checking up on in the future; I did not know that template `{% cache %}` tags always stored cache in the database, and that specifying cache type in `general.php` was separate and for plugin-use exclusively. By default it is doing what I wanted, then. Great links, Cold Cache looks awesome. So many easter eggs here. Craft CMS (& the support here) has made web development "fun" in a way it's never been for me before. Thanks, username_1!  
  > **username_1**: Glad to hear. :)  Moved the answer over to its own question.  Caching is complicated and questions around it get asked often enough that there should be a "definitive" place to point people to.  
  
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