Exploring Azure Cache for Redis

Azure Cache for Redis is the Microsoft implementation of well-known Redis software. Redis means Remote Dictionary Server and was initially implemented in 2009 as a memory management service implemented on C and hosted on a Unix-like platform. Redis provides open source NoSQL storage, allowing the persisting of complex data structures for key-value storage. Redis supports clustering technology, which prevents it from failing and losing data in memory.

Microsoft adopted Redis technology to successfully run in Azure as a PaaS with a single server tier and cluster as well. Moreover, Azure Cache for Redis provides Redis open source and a commercial product from Redis Labs (Redis Enterprise) as secure and dedicated instances with full Redis API compatibility. Azure Cache for Redis can be used for various scenarios, including a cache-aside pattern for content and data persistence, a message broker, and even a sessions service transparently integrated with...