Redis - The Hacker's Database

Google Tech Talk December 2, 2010 Presented by Amir Salihefendic. ABSTRACT A presentation on Redis, a relatively new database with rich datatypes, lots of features and an amazing performance. The presentation will cover following things: * What Redis is and how it compares to other databases such as BigTable or MySQL * How Plurk is using Redis to store millions of timelines and do billions of operations on these timelines without much hardware * How Redis can be used in a lot of creative ways, such as creating a high-performance graph database or a high-performance queue * The distributed future of Redis (scaling Redis to thousands of machines) Amir Salihefendic is a co-founder and lead developer of Plurk, a social network that's highly popular in Taiwan and other parts of Asia.