intermediate~1.5h

ElastiCache: Redis vs Memcached

Managed in-memory caching to take load off your primary database and serve hot data in sub-millisecond time.

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🎓 Learning objectives

  • Explain why an in-memory cache reduces database load and latency
  • Choose between Redis and Memcached for a given use case
  • Explain the cache-aside pattern and when a cache miss occurs

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