Named caches are used to control the amount of shared memory allocated to managed objects on a node. Named cache management is available from the Named Caches tab on an application node display. Named caches are defined per node.

Figure 2.7. Named cache management

The Named Caches section contains this information:

	Named cache statistics are an approximation.

This information is also available using this command:

epadmin --servicename=A.X display cache

To define a new named cache click on the Create... button and specify a cache name, or use this command:

epadmin --servicename=A.X create cache --name=MyCache

To remove a named cache, select a row in the Named Cache table, and click on the Remove button, or use this command:

epadmin --servicename=A.X remove cache --name="Reference Data"

To move a type from one named cached to another, select a row in the Named Cache table for the named cache to which the type should be moved and click on the Add Type... button, or use this command:

epadmin --servicename=A.X add cache --name=MyCache --type=example.managed.X

The caching policy for a named cache can be set to one of these values:

To change the caching policy for a named cache, select the row in the Named Caches table for the named cache to change and click the appropriate button:

The caching policy can also be set using this command:

epadmin --servicename=A.X set cache --name=MyCache --size=50%

The cache size is specified in one of these ways:

	Changing a caching policy may impact system performance if currently cached objects are no longer cached.