Here is a simple memcached aggregator class which distributes the cache among multiple cache servers.  If a server fails, the load is redistributed automatically.  It uses persistent connections.
The constructor takes an array of arrays, with each inner array representing a server, with a 'server' (string) attribute that is the IP addres or host name of the memcached server, and a 'port' (int) attribute that is the port number on which memcached is running on the server.
All of the existing memcached API functions are implemented except getStats() and getVersion(), which are server-specific.
<?php
class MemcachedAggregator {
    var $connections;
    public function __construct($servers) {
    $this->connections = array();
    for ($i = 0, $n = count($servers); $i < $n; $i++) {
        $server = $servers[$i];
        $con = memcache_pconnect($server['host'], $server['port']);
        if (!($con == false)) {
        $this->connections[] = $con;
        }
    }
    }
    private function _getConForKey($key) {
    $hashCode = 0;
    for ($i = 0, $len = strlen($key); $i < $len; $i++) {
        $hashCode = (int)(($hashCode*33)+ord($key[$i])) & 0x7fffffff;
    }
    if (($ns = count($this->connections)) > 0) {
        return $this->connections[$hashCode%$ns];
    }
    return false;
    }
    public function debug($on_off) {
    $result = false;
    for ($i = 0; $i < count($connections); $i++) {
        if ($this->connections[$i]->debug($on_off)) $result = true;
    }
    return $result;
    }
    public function flush() {
    $result = false;
    for ($i = 0; $i < count($connections); $i++) {
        if ($this->connections[$i]->flush()) $result = true;
    }
    return $result;
    }
public function get($key) {
    if (is_array($key)) {
        $dest = array();
        foreach ($key as $subkey) {
        $val = get($subkey);
        if (!($val === false)) $dest[$subkey] = $val;
        }
        return $dest;
    } else {
        return $this->_getConForKey($key)->get($key);
    }
    }
    public function set($key, $var, $compress=0, $expire=0) {
    return $this->_getConForKey($key)->set($key, $var, $compress, $expire);
    }
    public function add($key, $var, $compress=0, $expire=0) {
    return $this->_getConForKey($key)->add($key, $var, $compress, $expire);
    }
    public function replace($key, $var, $compress=0, $expire=0) {
    return $this->_getConForKey($key)->replace
        ($key, $var, $compress, $expire);
    }
    public function delete($key, $timeout=0) {
    return $this->_getConForKey($key)->delete($key, $timeout);
    }
    public function increment($key, $value=1) {
    return $this->_getConForKey($key)->increment($key, $value);
    }
    public function decrement($key, $value=1) {
    return $this->_getConForKey($key)->decrement($key, $value);
    }
}
?>