Amazon ElastiCache for Redis
Explore the features and deployment options of Amazon ElastiCache for Redis, including its application in real-time analytics, e-commerce, and gaming. Understand how it enhances performance with caching, supports backups and restore, and compares with other in-memory engines like Memcached.
Redis is an in-memory data store that is a popular choice for fast-moving data and real-time applications like leaderboard sessions, chat messaging, and real-time data analytics. But deploying, monitoring, and scaling is a big challenge for Redis applications, and here the Amazon ElastiCache for Redis comes into play.
Amazon ElastiCache for Redis is a fully managed, high-performance, scalable, and cost-effective service that handles all the management and configuration tasks without our intervention. It is Redis compatible, making it capable of running our existing Redis applications seamlessly. Because, the data is available in the memory, it delivers sub-milliseconds latency and high throughput.