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Arsh Sharma (Guest Author)
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1444
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English
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Summary

Provisioning a large cache on AWS with Dragonfly Cloud and Terraform is made possible through the use of the Dragonfly Cloud Terraform Provider. This provider allows users to programmatically manage resources on the platform, enabling seamless provisioning of caches that deliver high performance and reliability. By leveraging the modern architecture of Dragonfly, which is designed for heavy data workloads on cloud infrastructure, users can achieve 25x higher throughput and 12x lower snapshotting latency compared to traditional in-memory data stores like Redis. The Terraform configuration provided demonstrates how to provision a cache with a specified memory size and performance tier, as well as advanced features such as cache mode, specializations, ACL rules, and TLS. With the Dragonfly Cloud Terraform Provider, users can easily manage their caching solutions and ensure optimal performance for their cloud-native applications.