Redis

Following on from my previous post on using a memory cache, here I show how to use a distributed memory cache with Redis.

There are times when firing off the same query in parallel to two or more data stores is a good choice, but normally hitting one, waiting for the response, and only hitting the second if necessary is a better approach. Here I’ll show how to query Redis, and if the key is missing, query MS SQL.

There are times when firing off the same query in parallel to two or more data stores is a good choice, keeping the first response, and canceling the other requests. Here I show how a achieve that even if the Task<> types are different.

A simple Web API application using Redis.

A simple Hello World type application for Redis using C#.