High-density multi-tenant distributed cache as a service

A computer system, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the computer system to:
• receive a request to create a new multi-tenant cache for an application, wherein the request indicates a requested cache size;
• identify a cache cluster from a plurality of cache clusters to host the new multi-tenant cache, the plurality of cache clusters providing a distributed cache service, wherein the cache cluster comprises a plurality of gateway nodes and a plurality of cache servers;
• in response to the request to create the new multi-tenant cache, reserve space corresponding to the requested cache size for the new multi-tenant cache on the plurality of cache servers;
• and
• provision the new multi-tenant cache by:
• provisioning an access control service endpoint and a security token;
• providing, to a client device having the application thereon, the security token and the access control service endpoint, wherein the security token corresponds to a decryption token on a gateway node of the plurality of gateway nodes within the cache cluster, wherein the security token and the access control service endpoint are passed as input parameters to the application;
• and
• providing, in response to the application passing the security token to the gateway node having the decryption token thereon, a ticket that grants access to the reserved space on the cache cluster.

A computer-readable media device having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by a processor of a computer system, cause the computer system to:

• receive a request to create a new multi-tenant cache for an application, wherein the request indicates a requested cache size;
• identify a cache cluster from a plurality of cache clusters to host the new multi-tenant cache, the plurality of cache clusters providing a distributed cache service, wherein the cache cluster comprises a plurality of gateway nodes and a plurality of cache servers;
• in response to the request to create the new multi-tenant cache, reserve space corresponding to the requested cache size for the new multi-tenant cache on the plurality of cache servers;
• and
• provision the new multi-tenant cache by:
• provisioning an access control service endpoint and a security token;
• providing, to a client device having the application thereon, the security token and the access control service endpoint, wherein the security token corresponds to a decryption token on a gateway node of the plurality of gateway nodes within the cache cluster, wherein the security token and the access control service endpoint are passed as input parameters to the application;
• and
• providing, in response to the application passing the security token to the gateway node having the decryption token thereon, a ticket that grants access to the reserved space on the cache cluster.