title: AppFabric Cache standalone mode?
body: <p>As an ISV I'd like to be able to program my middle tier using the AppFabric Caching Service, but then be able to deploy in small (single server) environments without the need to have AppFabric Cache Server(s) deployed.  It also seems natural to me that a "in-memory only" version of the cache client would be ideal for standalone development.</p>
  
  <p>However, all the research I've done so far implies that I have to load a real cache server to make some of the apis work at all, and that the current "Local" option does not fit the bill for what I want.</p>
  
  <p>It seems to me that what I'm looking for would work similarly to aspx session cache, in that the out of the box mechanism is in-memory, and then you can choose to configure the older external process provider, or the sql provider, and now the AppFabric provider, giving better and better scalability as you move up.  This works great for aspx session.</p>
  
  <p>Am I correct in thinking that there is no equivalent solution for programming and deploying in a "small" environment for AppFabric caching?</p>