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Broker Node Configuration
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For general Broker Node information, see [here ](Broker.html ).
Runtime Configuration
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The broker module uses several of the default modules in [Configuration ](Configuration.html ) and has the following set of configurations as well:
|Property|Possible Values|Description|Default|
|--------|---------------|-----------|-------|
|`druid.broker.cache.type`|`local`, `memcached` |The type of cache to use for queries.|`local`|
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|`druid.broker.balancer.type`|`random`, `connectionCount` |Determines how the broker balances connections to historical nodes. `random` choose randomly, `connectionCount` picks the node with the fewest number of active connections to|`random`|
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#### Local Cache
|Property|Description|Default|
|--------|-----------|-------|
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|`druid.broker.cache.sizeInBytes`|Maximum cache size in bytes. Zero disables caching.|0|
|`druid.broker.cache.initialSize`|Initial size of the hashtable backing the cache.|500000|
|`druid.broker.cache.logEvictionCount`|If non-zero, log cache eviction every `logEvictionCount` items.|0|
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#### Memcache
|Property|Description|Default|
|--------|-----------|-------|
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|`druid.broker.cache.expiration`|Memcached [expiration time ](https://code.google.com/p/memcached/wiki/NewCommands#Standard_Protocol ).|2592000 (30 days)|
|`druid.broker.cache.timeout`|Maximum time in milliseconds to wait for a response from Memcached.|500|
|`druid.broker.cache.hosts`|Command separated list of Memcached hosts `<host:port>` .|none|
|`druid.broker.cache.maxObjectSize`|Maximum object size in bytes for a Memcached object.|52428800 (50 MB)|
|`druid.broker.cache.memcachedPrefix`|Key prefix for all keys in Memcached.|druid|
