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1What is redis? why is it used? what problems does it solve?
2What is Redis, and how is it different from a traditional relational database?
3What does "Redis" stand for, and who created it?
4List the primary use cases of Redis in production systems.
5Redis is often called a "data structure server." What does that mean?
6 When would you NOT choose Redis as your primary database?
7How do you verify a Redis installation is working correctly?
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List the primary use cases of Redis in production systems.

All the use cases are listed below

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    Caching — database query results, API responses, rendered HTML fragments

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    Session storage — user sessions in web apps (fast reads, TTL-based expiry)

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    Rate limiting — token bucket or sliding window counters per user/IP

  4. 4

    Leaderboards — real-time rankings using sorted sets

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    Pub/Sub messaging — lightweight event broadcasting between services

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    Distributed locking — coordinating access across multiple app instances

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    Job queues — task queues via lists or Streams (Sidekiq, Celery use Redis)

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    Real-time analytics — counters, HyperLogLog for unique counts, time-series data