2. WHAT IS REDIS? - Key/Value Store, also referred to as a “data structure server” for more advanced data structures - Robust set of features, as well as commands to perform operations - In-Memory Datastore, can be persisted to Disk - Written in C (no dependencies), created by Salvatore Sanfilippo. Hired/sponsored by VMWare to work on Redis full-time. 3. REDIS - DATA STRUCTURE SERVER - Data types