What is Redis and What is it used for ? - nairuzabulhul/Technical-Terms GitHub Wiki

#Redius:

• is a data structure server. It stores data in a "NoSQL" key-value format --{Dictionary}

• Written in C

• Runs in Memory. it stores its data in the RAM of the computer is running on so it is extremely fast

• It includes all of the data structure

  • strings
  • lists
  • sets
  • sorted sets
  • hashes
  • hyperloglogs
  • bitmaps
  • geospatial indexes

Redis Uses:

• Redis can be used as cached server or as a real storage database
• Caching includes: -- Full Page Caching -- Session Caching -- Queuing -- Pub/Sub
• One of the greatest advantages of Redis is that it is highly scalable shared by multiple processes , applications or severs