Why Redis beats Memcached for caching Memcached is sometimes more efficient, but Redis is almost always the better choice Memcached or Redis? It’s a question that nearly always arises in any discussion about squeezing more performance out of a modern, database-driven web application. When performance needs to be improved, caching is often the first step taken, and Memcached or Redis are typically
![Why Redis beats Memcached for caching](https://cdn-ak-scissors.b.st-hatena.com/image/square/b1f2226af105263efb459e0d9048e3d764ffb07f/height=288;version=1;width=512/https%3A%2F%2Fimages.techhive.com%2Fimages%2Farticle%2F2016%2F03%2Fthinkstockphotos-480601933-100648010-large.jpg%3Fauto%3Dwebp%26quality%3D85%2C70)