Can Redis be run in-process w/.net?

Question

Is it possible to run Redis in process under .NET?

I understand the general use case is for Redis is out of process, and likely on another server. The app I'm working on has needs for both in-process caching and out of process caching. My thinking here is that I would like to use the same app/library for both the in process and out of process needs.

Answer 1

No, you can't do that. You should use Cache or alike in-process.

But you are definitely on the right track, doing 2 level caching (L1+L2). Stack Exchange themselves do so. See for example:

• https://stackoverflow.com/a/6478883/290343
• http://highscalability.com/blog/2011/3/3/stack-overflow-architecture-update-now-at-95-million-page-vi.html