# Best practices for clients (Memcached)
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Learn best practices for common scenarios with ElastiCache for Memcached clusters.

**Topics**
+ [Configuring your ElastiCache client for efficient load balancing (Memcached)](BestPractices.LoadBalancing.md)
+ [Validated clients with Memcached](network-type-validated-clients-memcached.md)
+ [Configuring a preferred protocol for dual stack clusters (Memcached)](network-type-configuring-dual-stack-memcached.md)