[FEATURE] Named Pipes Backplane

[schmitch]

Problem

currently we do not use FusionCache, but we use IDistributedCache and created our own L1 cache on top.
our IDistributed cache is backed by https://www.nuget.org/packages/NeoSmart.Caching.Sqlite and https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.StackExchangeRedis.

We have two deployement modes:

1. single server (via sqlite3), but multiple processes on the same host
2. multiple servers (via redis)

currently we are looking into fusion cache, but we would need a Backplane that would support ANY IDistributedCache via a Backplane that works on a single server, preferrably without new dependencies (like other databases, etc...)

Solution

we looked into https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.io.pipes?view=net-9.0 if it would be possible to use as a backplane and I think it would be a good fit to support it as a fast single node ipc implementation.

Alternatives

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Additional context

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[jodydonetti]

Hi @schmitch , thanks for the input: I'm reading about named pipes to look for common scenarios, usage patterns, edge cases and whatnot.
Anyway I like the idea, will let you know!