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Using Azure Redis for caching

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Using Azure Redis for caching

- As applications rely on more data, the potential to greatly slow down our app becomes a bigger risk. This can happen as the data we wait for usually needs to be retrieved from our database. But not all data has to be retrieved fresh each time it's needed. That's why it's very much encouraged to implement caching with our applications, especially with data we know we'll need later on. Azure Cache for Redis is the Azure-based implementation of Redis, a popular software used for caching. It's a great way to implement caching with our Azure applications. When we specify which data to cache, this data is temporarily copied into a FAST storage area. This area is typically the end memory storage with Azure Cache. As you can guess, our data retrieval process is now much faster, as we can go directly to this cache instead of doing a full query on our database. With Azure Cache for Redis, there are a few common patterns…

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