March 2021 Summaries

Azure Cache for Redis Enterprise tiers are now available in general availability, offering advanced performance, high availability, and extended data structure functionality with global presence, flexibility, security, and compliance. The service has been adopted by multiple organizations since its preview release in October 2020 and is a fully managed Azure native service that delivers database latency under one millisecond, making it ideal for applications requiring instant response times. It offers measurable performance advantages through linear scaling, high availability up to 99.999%, and seamless integration with Azure security and monitoring tools. The service also provides advanced use cases with add-on modules like RediSearch, RedisTimeSeries, and RedisBloom, making it easier to build modern applications and incorporate innovation. With its fully managed nature and click-to-launch functionality, developers can quickly realize a wider variety of capabilities for their applications.

This blog post demonstrates how to use RediSearch, a secondary indexing engine available as a Redis module, with Azure Cache for Redis. The example service consumes tweets in real-time and makes them available for querying using RediSearch. It covers setting up the required environment, deploying the services to Azure Container Instances, and executing various search queries on the tweet data. Additionally, it provides a high-level overview of the code for the individual components and offers resources for further exploration of Redis Enterprise features and capabilities.

RedisConf is a conference for Redis enthusiasts, scheduled from April 20-21, featuring over 60 breakout sessions and keynotes, as well as a $100K hackathon and four free training courses covering topics such as running Redis at scale, building full-fledged RESTful APIs with Spring and ASP.NET Core, data modeling with Node.js and Express, and implementing Redis in a social check-in backend application. The training courses will include video-based components and live sessions with instructors, and participants will have access to a Discord channel for networking and Q&A. The conference aims to provide high-quality training experiences at no cost to attendees, regardless of their level of experience with Redis.

RedisConf 2021 is a virtual event that will take place from April 20-21, featuring over 60 breakout sessions on real-time data and its applications. The event includes training courses and a $100,000 hackathon, where attendees can showcase their skills. Several notable speakers are scheduled to present, including Mike Lee of Capital One, Dustin Brown of SitePro, and Robert Belson of Verizon. These presentations will cover topics such as the use of Redis Enterprise for real-time data performance and its application in industries like finance and IoT. The event aims to help attendees "rediscover the power of real-time data" and provide opportunities for networking and skill-building.

The Redis project has released version 6.2, marking a major milestone with dozens of new commands and extensions to existing ones, as well as performance and memory optimizations. This release is significant due to the intense involvement of the community, which led to over 35 developers contributing their expertise in its development. The new governance model adopted by the project's core team emphasizes open, transparent, and full-duplex communication between developers and users, recognizing the community as Redis' most important asset. The release addresses long-standing issues and introduces new features such as the GETEX command, SMISMEMBER command, and bounding box GEOSEARCH queries, demonstrating the community's commitment to the project and its momentum of development.

RedisConf 2021 is a virtual annual real-time data conference to be held on April 20-21, featuring thousands of developers and industry experts. The event will offer demos, pro tips, and new features for building competitive advantage with Redis, as well as training courses and a hackathon with prizes totaling $100,000. Attendees can explore the virtual world, network with peers, and access all sessions on-demand after the conference. Registration is now open, and the conference will be completely free of charge.

Microsoft and Redis jointly announced the general availability of Azure Cache for Redis, Enterprise tiers, which is an enhanced version of the service that was already serving customers with production Redis workloads in public preview since last October. The new GA release includes previews of active geo-replication, which allows developers to create geo-distributed applications with local sub-millisecond Redis read/write latencies and much better resilience to failure. Additionally, persistence to disk and managed recovery from persistence are now available, providing durability in rare cases where data stored in RAM is lost due to underlying compute failure. The Enterprise tiers are powered by Redis Enterprise Software and operated as a fully managed service by Azure, allowing developers to create, manage, and consume Enterprise tier featured Redis workloads natively in the Azure environment. The new features address key use-cases such as global session management, world-wide fraud detection, geo-distributed search, and real-time inventory management, enabling operators to bring the power of Redis to their organizations' most mission-critical applications.