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2026-07-22• 5 min read
Databases

Redis as a Cache vs Redis as a Database

Redis usually gets introduced as 'just a cache.' A year later it is holding session data, rate-limit counters, and critical queues. The instance never changed, but its job did. Its configuration absolutely must change with it.

Redis Caching Databases