Cache Aside

App reads cache. Miss → read DB → populate cache. Most common. Simple. Writes go direct to DB; cache invalidated or expired.

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Cache Aside

App reads cache. Miss → read DB → populate cache. Most common. Simple. Writes go direct to DB; cache invalidated or expired.

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Write-Through

Every write goes to cache AND DB synchronously. Cache stays fresh. Write latency is DB latency + overhead.