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 # Mcrouter [![Build Status](https://github.com/facebook/mcrouter/workflows/build/badge.svg)](https://github.com/facebook/mcrouter/actions?workflow=build)
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-Mcrouter (pronounced mc router) is a memcached protocol router for scaling [memcached](https://memcached.org/)
+Mcrouter (pronounced "mick router") is a memcached protocol router for scaling [memcached](https://memcached.org/)
 deployments. It's a core component of cache
 infrastructure at Facebook and Instagram where mcrouter handles almost
 5 billion requests per second at peak.