Re: Redis 16 times faster than Postgres?

Steve Litt wrote:

> On Mon, 30 Sep 2019 07:46:14 +1000
> Nathan Woodrow <madmanwoo(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> > Redis is a in memory database so I would except it to be always much
> > faster..
>
> Is there a way to have Redis periodically update an on-disk backup?
> That would be great, but otherwise you're at the mercy of your power
> company (here in Central Florida it's routine for power to go down and
> stay down for five hours).
>
> SteveT
>
> Steve Litt
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i don't know but voltdb, another in-memory database,
replicates to other instances which can be in different
geographical locations and so not prone to a single
power failure. perhaps all in-memory databases are
aware of the need for this.

cheers,
raf