Is Redis Session Based

Redis is perfect for storing sessions. All operations are performed in memory, and so reads and writes will be fast. If you cannot afford losing any sessions, set appendfsync always in your configuration file. With this, Redis guarantees that any write operations are saved to the disk.

How many sessions can Redis store?

The basic approach of serialising a JSON blob (or, better, a msgpack blob) into an expiring key is sufficient for managing sessions for all but the very largest of sites; you can handle over ten million sessions in less than 2GB of memory and Redis can handle at least 250 million root keys.

Is session better than cache?

Session data is stored at the user level but caching data is stored at the application level and shared by all the users. Sessions may not improve performance whereas Cache will improve site performance. … Cache wont maintain any state, whereas Sessions will maintain separate state for every user.

Maya Lin-Takahashi

Maya Lin-Takahashi

Consumer Tech & Gadget Reviewer

Maya is a hardware enthusiast who tests and reviews smart home devices, smartphones, wearables, and audio gear. She focuses on practical consumer value and build quality.

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