Like etcd, Redis is an open source tool, but their basic functionalities are different.
etcd vs. Redis
Like etcd, Redis is an open source tool, but their basic functionalities are different.
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|Redis|etcd
| Redis is an in-memory data store and can function as a database, cache, or message broker. Redis supports a wider variety of data types and structures than etcd and has much faster read/write performance.
| But etcd has superior fault tolerance, stronger failover and continuous data availability capabilities, and, most importantly, etcd persists all stored data to disk, essentially sacrificing speed for greater reliability and guaranteed consistency. For these reasons, Redis is better suited for serving as a distributed memory caching system than for storing and distributed system configuration information.
| etcd has superior fault tolerance, stronger failover and continuous data availability capabilities.
|Redis is better suited for serving as a distributed memory caching system than for storing and distributed system configuration information.