In this blog post, we will see how you can use Redis as an in-memory database, why you'd want to use Redis, and finally we'll discuss a few important features of the database.

Like many, you might think of Redis as only a cache. That point of view is out of date. Essentially, Redis is a NoSQL in-memory data structure store that can persist on disk. It can function as a database, a cache, and a message broker. Redis has built-in replication, Lua scripting, LRU eviction, transactions, and different levels of on-disk persistence. It provides high availability via Redis Sentinel and automatic partitioning with Redis Cluster.

This tutorial shows how you can use Docker to explore Redis. You can run the commands with Docker installed, or Docker for Windows in Linux mode. But you can also use Play with Docker to try this out.

Installing Redis on Windows using Docker Containers

This article is the 6th of the article series which will help you grasp different concepts behind Node.js and will empower you to create production-ready applications. This article expects the reader to know babel and how to set it up.

Redis is an open source (BSD licensed), in-memory data structure store, used as a database, cache and message broker. It supports various data structures such as Strings, Hashes, Lists, Sets etc.

Redis is an open-source, advanced key-value store and an apt solution for building high performance, scalable web applications.