The post discusses the possibility of using Postgres as a cache instead of Redis, highlighting that while Postgres can simplify the technology stack and reduce costs, it lacks the performance and specialized features of Redis. Unlogged tables in Postgres improve write performance but not read performance. Moreover, Redis offers
Table of contents
But first of all, why would I want to replace Redis with Postgres?What should I expect from a caching service?How can I turn Postgres into a cache?What about the performance?Should I replace Redis with Postgres?2 Comments
Sort: