Drupal comprises several layers of execution and it obviously consumes pretty much time to render content from dynamic PHP code. Caching is a key technique to maximize the performance of Drupal. Before adopting a caching mechanism in Drupal, one must consider the type of site and the type of users coming to the site. Not all sites could have same caching mechanism.

Caching techniques could be classified at various levels depending on type of data being cached and the user affected. Drupal can have broadly two kinds of users.

1. Anonymous Users