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Is it advisable to use Redis in real time production application?

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I am working on a Crawling application where i need extremely fast insertion and selection database. I found Redis and it solve my purpose. My question is " Is it advisable to use Redis in real time production application?". I read some blog and they suggest Redis in not reliable. Please suggest.

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Alex Avatar asked Oct 30 '13 07:10

Alex


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Yes, Instagram, Github, Stack Overflow, Pinterest, Twitter, Tumblr, Twilio, Fullscreen, Craigslist, YouPorn and EngineYard and much more companies use Redis.

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  • How HipChat scales to 1 Billion Messages
  • YouPorn - Targeting 200 Million Views A Day And Beyond
  • 8 Ways Media Giant Viacom Uses Redis to Serve Dynamic Video At Scale
  • Scaling Pinterest - From 0 To 10s Of Billions Of Page Views A Month In Two Years
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FGRibreau Avatar answered Sep 29 '22 16:09

FGRibreau