Redis: When to use what fearture ? [P2]


Hi guys,

After blog entry "When to use what data structure", today will discuss about other Redis fearture: transaction, scripting, pub/sub, hyperloglog. You may find some thing helpful with your system, your applicaion and more, have fun.

Transaction

+ Url: http://redis.io/commands#transactions
+ Fearture: Execution of a group of commands in a single step
+ When to use: Run multi command with transaction

Scripting

+ Url: http://redis.io/commands#scripting
+ Fearture: Run simple commands that will take a single exchange with the server script
+ When to use: Run faster, save bandwidth, I/O when have huge amount of request exchange between client and server
+ Document: http://oldblog.antirez.com/post/redis-and-scripting.html

Pub/Sub

+ Url: http://redis.io/commands#hyperloglog
+ Data structure:
+ Fearture: quick messaging and communication between processes
+ When to use: Subcribe, follow pages in social network, or chat room, mailling list, RSS
+ Document: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publish/subscribe

HyperLogLog

+ Url: http://redis.io/commands#hyperloglog
+ Algorithm: HyperLogLog
+ Fearture: Count unique value with super tiny memory usage
+ When to use: Count unique value with super tiny memory usage
+ Document: http://highscalability.com/blog/2012/4/5/big-data-counting-how-to-count-a-billion-distinct-objects-us.html

Previous blog entry: http://www.devopsa.net/2014/06/redis-when-to-use-what-data-structure-p1.html

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