# Memorystore for Memcached documentation

[Read product documentation](https://docs.cloud.google.com/memorystore/docs/memcached/memcached-overview)
Memorystore for Memcached is a fully managed Memcached service for Google Cloud.
Applications running on Google Cloud can achieve extreme performance by
leveraging the highly scalable, available, secure Memcached service without the
burden of managing complex Memcached deployments.

[Go to the Memorystore product page for more.](https://cloud.google.com/memorystore/)


Not sure what database option is right for you? Learn more about our
[database services](https://cloud.google.com/products/databases/).

## Documentation resources

Find quickstarts and guides, review key references, and get help with common issues.

### Guides

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  [Memorystore for Memcached overview](https://docs.cloud.google.com/memorystore/docs/memcached/memcached-overview)

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  [Quickstart: Create an instance by using the Google Cloud console](https://docs.cloud.google.com/memorystore/docs/memcached/create-instance-console)

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  [Quickstart: Create an instance by using the gcloud CLI](https://docs.cloud.google.com/memorystore/docs/memcached/create-instance-gcloud)

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  [Create and manage Memcached instances](https://docs.cloud.google.com/memorystore/docs/memcached/create-manage-instances)

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  [About the Auto Discovery service](https://docs.cloud.google.com/memorystore/docs/memcached/about-auto-discovery)

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  [Use the Auto Discovery service](https://docs.cloud.google.com/memorystore/docs/memcached/use-auto-discovery)

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  [Connect to a Memcached instance](https://docs.cloud.google.com/memorystore/docs/memcached/connect-memcached-instance)

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  [Networking](https://docs.cloud.google.com/memorystore/docs/memcached/networking)

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  [Establish a private services access connection](https://docs.cloud.google.com/memorystore/docs/memcached/establish-connection)

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  [Configure a Memcached instance](https://docs.cloud.google.com/memorystore/docs/memcached/configure-memcached)

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  [Supported Memcached configurations](https://docs.cloud.google.com/memorystore/docs/memcached/supported-memcached-configurations)

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  [Monitor Memcached instances](https://docs.cloud.google.com/memorystore/docs/memcached/monitor-instances)

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  [Memory management best practices](https://docs.cloud.google.com/memorystore/docs/memcached/memory-management-best-practices)

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  [Best practices](https://docs.cloud.google.com/memorystore/docs/memcached/best-practices)

### Reference

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  [Set up client libraries](https://docs.cloud.google.com/memorystore/docs/memcached/libraries)

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  [REST API reference](https://docs.cloud.google.com/memorystore/docs/memcached/reference/rest)

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  [gcloud reference](https://docs.cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/memcache)

### Resources

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  [Billing questions](https://docs.cloud.google.com/memorystore/docs/memcached/billing-questions)

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  [Get support](https://docs.cloud.google.com/memorystore/docs/memcached/getting-support)

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  [Pricing](https://docs.cloud.google.com/memorystore/docs/memcached/pricing)

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  [Quotas and limits](https://docs.cloud.google.com/memorystore/docs/memcached/quotas)

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  [Release notes](https://docs.cloud.google.com/memorystore/docs/memcached/release-notes)

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  [Service Level Agreement](https://docs.cloud.google.com/memorystore/sla)