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I have a website where I cache a lot of info. I am seeing conflicting information around storing stuff in the asp.net cache. For example lets say I have this data structure: Dictionary<string, List<Car>> mydictionary; I could store the whole thing with a string key as "MyDictionary" and then drill down once i pull out the object. HttpContext.Cache.Add("MyDictionary", mydictionary, null, Cache.NoAbsoluteExpiration, new TimeSpan(10, 0, 0), CacheItemPriority.Normal, null); var myDict = HttpContext.Cache["MyDictionary"] as Dictionary<string, List<Car>>; The other thing i could do is break it down and store each item in my dictionary separately in the cache (given the cache is a dictionary anyway). Dictionary<string, List<Car>> mydictionary; foreach (var item in mydictionary.Keys) { HttpContext.Cache.Add(item, mydictionary[item], null, Cache.NoAbsoluteExpiration, new TimeSpan(10, 0, 0), CacheItemPriority.Normal, null); } var myitem = "test"; var myDict = HttpContext.Cache[myItem] as List<Car>; Would the performance implication be very different (given i am assuming that everything is in memory anyway ?)

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