@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ default server to return "444 No Response" on an unrecognized host:
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If you're using a cache, connection parameters may be different in development
-and in production.
+and in production. Django defaults to per-process :ref:`local-memory caching
+<local-memory-caching>` which may not be desirable.
Cache servers often have weak authentication. Make sure they only accept
connections from your application servers.
@@ -302,6 +302,8 @@ above example, if your server runs as the user ``apache``, make sure the
directory ``/var/tmp/django_cache`` exists and is readable and writable by the
user ``apache``.
+.. _local-memory-caching:
+
Local-memory caching
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