Answer by Tristan CHARBONNIER for How can we create two instances of memcached server in same server in different port?

The answer from David Dzhagayev is the best one. If you don't have the correct version of memcache init script, here is the one he is talking about:

It should work with any linux distro using init.

#! /bin/bash
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:            memcached
# Required-Start:      $remote_fs $syslog
# Required-Stop:       $remote_fs $syslog
# Should-Start:                $local_fs
# Should-Stop:         $local_fs
# Default-Start:       2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:                0 1 6
# Short-Description:   Start memcached daemon
# Description:         Start up memcached, a high-performance memory caching daemon
### END INIT INFO

# Usage:
# cp /etc/memcached.conf /etc/memcached_server1.conf
# cp /etc/memcached.conf /etc/memcached_server2.conf
# start all instances:
# /etc/init.d/memcached start
# start one instance:
# /etc/init.d/memcached start server1
# stop all instances:
# /etc/init.d/memcached stop
# stop one instance:
# /etc/init.d/memcached stop server1
# There is no "status" command.

PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
DAEMON=/usr/bin/memcached
DAEMONNAME=memcached
DAEMONBOOTSTRAP=/usr/share/memcached/scripts/start-memcached
DESC=memcached

test -x $DAEMON || exit 0
test -x $DAEMONBOOTSTRAP || exit 0

set -e

. /lib/lsb/init-functions

# Edit /etc/default/memcached to change this.
ENABLE_MEMCACHED=no
test -r /etc/default/memcached && . /etc/default/memcached


FILES=(/etc/memcached_*.conf)
# check for alternative config schema
if [ -r "${FILES[0]}" ]; then
  CONFIGS=()
  for FILE in "${FILES[@]}";
  do
    # remove prefix
    NAME=${FILE#/etc/}
    # remove suffix
    NAME=${NAME%.conf}

    # check optional second param
    if [ $# -ne 2 ];
    then
      # add to config array
      CONFIGS+=($NAME)
    elif [ "memcached_$2" == "$NAME" ];
    then
      # use only one memcached
      CONFIGS=($NAME)
      break;
    fi;
  done;

  if [ ${#CONFIGS[@]} == 0 ];
  then
    echo "Config not exist for: $2" >&2
    exit 1
  fi;
else
  CONFIGS=(memcached)
fi;

CONFIG_NUM=${#CONFIGS[@]}
for ((i=0; i < $CONFIG_NUM; i++)); do
  NAME=${CONFIGS[${i}]}
  PIDFILE="/var/run/${NAME}.pid"

case "$1" in
  start)
       echo -n "Starting $DESC: "
       if [ $ENABLE_MEMCACHED = yes ]; then
            start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec "$DAEMONBOOTSTRAP" -- /etc/${NAME}.conf $PIDFILE
            echo "$NAME."
       else
            echo "$NAME disabled in /etc/default/memcached."
       fi
       ;;
  stop)
       echo -n "Stopping $DESC: "
       start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --oknodo --retry 5 --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON
       echo "$NAME."
       rm -f $PIDFILE
       ;;

  restart|force-reload)
       #
       #       If the "reload" option is implemented, move the "force-reload"
       #       option to the "reload" entry above. If not, "force-reload" is
       #       just the same as "restart".
       #
       echo -n "Restarting $DESC: "
       start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --oknodo --retry 5 --pidfile $PIDFILE
       rm -f $PIDFILE
       if [ $ENABLE_MEMCACHED = yes ]; then
                start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec "$DAEMONBOOTSTRAP" -- /etc/${NAME}.conf $PIDFILE
                echo "$NAME."
       else
            echo "$NAME disabled in /etc/default/memcached."
       fi
       ;;
  status)
       status_of_proc -p $PIDFILE $DAEMON $NAME  && exit 0 || exit $?
       ;;
  *)
        N=/etc/init.d/$NAME
        echo "Usage: $N {start|stop|restart|force-reload|status}" >&2
        exit 1
        ;;
esac
done;

exit 0