Although the files setting for sessions in Magento is great, you may want to use Memcache.

Using your database or db for sessions is not recommended.

Step-by-step guide

  • Log into the server or access your Magento files via FTP/SFTP.- Open local.xml for the Magento install you want to set to Memcache sessions.- Change the existing “sessions” line to this (see below code block), adjusting the IP and port appropriately.
<session_save><![CDATA[memcache]]></session_save>

<session_save_path><![CDATA[tcp://127.0.0.1:11211?persistent=0&weight=2&timeout=60&retry_interval=10]]></session_save_path>