Redis Reviews

In the past, I used Redis as a cache, and currently, I'm using it as a messaging system.

Redis is pretty fast compared to others, making it a reliable choice. It's much more reliable and helps with our message broker functionalities.

Redis is a single thread, which is one of the key features I like. Redis is also pretty fast, and many of our use cases are satisfied with its single-threaded nature. This feature helps us manage concurrency effectively.

I don't think there's any room for improvement as it's been good for large-scale use and large datasets.

I have been using Redis for almost three years now.

I haven't faced any issues from a performance, outage, or availability point of view. It's good.

It's very easy to scale up and scale down. I'd say it's highly scalable.

I didn't get a chance to interact with their support team.

Positive

Use Redis wisely because it is a single-threaded tool. There was an issue we faced in the past where a query was not optimized, which impacted performance significantly.

It was a classic caching use case. In my previous company, we were running MongoDB on the cloud, and we were running Redis for caching. We were just starting, so the data size was pretty small there.

We were caching the data, and it was helpful in terms of speed. It uses the key-value method for storing the data, and everything lives in memory, so it helps with the speed. Solutions such as Redis, or Memcached, are helpful for fast access.

The in-memory data makes it fast.

I would prefer it if there was more information available about Redis. That would make it easier for new beginners. Currently, there is a lack of resources. I believe as the Redis ecosystem grows, over time, there will be more adoption, and its community will grow. There will be more resources available for support and questions.

In terms of features, they are doing a good job and coming up with many new features, such as Redis Search. They have also introduced a new cloud service. However, I haven't used it much, and I'm not that familiar with the Redis ecosystem, so I don't have input on the features they need to build or improve.

I'd rate it an eight out of ten because it did what I needed, and it did a good job. However, currently, not every product in the Redis ecosystem has a great community or great support.

I've used Redis mainly to improve application performance through caching. I've also used it as a small project broker and an external lock mechanism. I used it in previous companies. 

What I like best about Redis is its fast and easy use. It has interesting algorithms like HyperLogLog and provides useful features. It's also good for implementing scalable rate limiting.

I have been using the solution for eight years. 

I haven't faced any stability issues. 

I rate the tool's scalability an eight out of ten. 

Redis is an open-source solution. 

I rate the overall solution a ten out of ten.