Chapter 18. Handling Large Session and Reference Data

In this chapter, we will look at how to handle large session and reference data sets and how implementing a caching tier is beneficial. We will showcase the usage of the best suited Microsoft technology for this task.

Use case

WinOrBow Games is an interactive online gaming company which has a varied set of games ranging from tic-tac toe to blackjack. When a user registers with the system, as part of the social experience they can create a set of personas, subscribe to news feeds, modify the look-and-feel of their portal page, and more. All of these settings are tracked as part of their online user profile. Once users log into the system they can play with other online users or play against the online system also known as WinGuru. Optionally, users can also team up with their online friends and play against WinGuru. In this mode, the users share a social experience by sharing messages about game strategy and working together. Users playing...