My moodle installation was recently migrated to a new server by my host.
Newer versions of PHP and MySQL (MariaDB) supported upgrading from 2.6.8 all the way to 2.8.5.
Our new server host unfortunately doesn't support OPcache. But does support Xcache.
I've read the available discussions & documentation concerning caching and moodle 2.8.
The bottom line seems to be that 2.8 doesn't appear to support the Xcache plugin.
Some o pre-release discussions I read between moodle' s developers concerning which cache plugins should be supported in the 2.8 release suggested that Xcache worked pretty well with tested pre-release versions.
My host needs Xcache to support another clent's web app. And he's not crazy about the idea of configuring PHP with redundant cache plugins.
Can I install and configure Xcache to work with moodle 2.8.5? Or should I abandon the idea of using caching altogether?
Thanks,
Dr. Bob Blomeyer