# Optimizing cloud economics with linear elastic caching

DevFeed: [Optimizing cloud economics with linear elastic caching](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/optimizing-cloud-economics-with-linear-elastic-caching-6844.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://research.google/blog/optimizing-cloud-economics-with-linear-elastic-caching/>)

Published: 2026-06-25T10:03:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [The latest research from Google](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-latest-research-from-google.md>)

Topics: [Caching](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/caching.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>), [Algorithms](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/algorithms.md>), [Database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/database.md>), [Serverless](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/serverless.md>), [Machine learning](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/machine-learning.md>)

Tags: [algorithms](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/algorithms.md>), [algorithms-theory](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/algorithms-theory.md>), [caching](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/caching.md>), [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [cloud-services](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-services.md>), [cost](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cost.md>), [data-management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-management.md>), [google](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/google.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>), [real-time](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/real-time.md>), [serverless](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/serverless.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/systems.md>)

## AI overview

Linear elastic caching applies the ski rental problem to dynamic cache sizing, balancing memory costs against cache misses. The approach treats memory as a time-dependent cost and adjusts cache capacity for changing workloads, aiming to reduce total cache-management expenses without compromising performance.

## Source excerpt

Algorithms & Theory