ElastiCache Flashcards by Justin Moser

Q

Elasticache

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In-memory data stores

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Benefit

Elasticache

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Very low latency

Elasticache

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Use cases (2)

Elasticache

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Database layer caching
Session storage

Elasticache

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benefit to DB

Elasticache

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reduces load for intensive read workloads

Elasticache

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stateless session management

Elasticache

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user sessions stored in one cache for many instances of application

Elasticache

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fully managed

Elasticache

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AWS takes care of security, patching, DR

Elasticache

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application requirement

Elasticache

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major changes in application required

Elasticache

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REDIS

Elasticache

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DB Caching

Elasticache

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features (4)

REDIS

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scaling
replicas
multi-AZ
backup

REDIS

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supports sets and sorted sets

REDIS

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groups of unique strings

REDIS

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MEMCACHED

Elasticache

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session state storage

Elasticache

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sharding

MEMCACHED

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muli-node partitioning of data

MEMCACHED

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feature

MEMCACHED

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multithreaded architecture

MEMCACHED

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Authentication supported (2)

REDIS

A

IAM Authentication
Redis AUTH

REDIS

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IAM policy usage

REDIS

A

API-level security only

REDIS

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Redis AUTH

REDIS

A

extra security in addition to security groups

REDIS

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can set this when creating a cluster

Redis AUTH

A

password/token

Redis AUTH

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feature supported

Redis AUTH

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SSL in flight encryption

Redis AUTH

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authentication feature

MEMCACHED

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SASL-based authentication

MEMCACHED

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Elacticache patterns (3)

Elasticache

A

Lazy loading
write through
session

Elasticache

Q

Lazy loading

Elacticache pattern

A

all read data is cached

Elacticache pattern

Q

Write through

Elacticache pattern

A

data is added or updated in cache when written to DB

Elacticache pattern

Q

benefit

Write through

A

data is never stale

Write through

Q

Redis with sorted sets use case

REDIS

A

gaming leaderboard

REDIS

Q

In-memory data stores

A

Elasticache

Q

Very low latency

Elasticache

A

Benefit

Elasticache

Q

Database layer caching
Session storage

Elasticache

A

Use cases (2)

Elasticache

Q

reduces load for intensive read workloads

Elasticache

A

benefit to DB

Elasticache

Q

user sessions stored in one cache for many instances of application

Elasticache

A

stateless session management

Elasticache

Q

AWS takes care of security, patching, DR

Elasticache

A

fully managed

Elasticache

Q

major changes in application required

Elasticache

A

application requirement

Elasticache

Q

DB Caching

Elasticache

A

REDIS

Elasticache

Q

scaling
replicas
multi-AZ
backup

REDIS

A

features (4)

REDIS

Q

groups of unique strings

REDIS

A

supports sets and sorted sets

REDIS

Q

session state storage

Elasticache

A

MEMCACHED

Elasticache

Q

muli-node partitioning of data

MEMCACHED

A

sharding

MEMCACHED

Q

multithreaded architecture

MEMCACHED

A

feature

MEMCACHED

Q

IAM Authentication
Redis AUTH

REDIS

A

Authentication supported (2)

REDIS

Q

API-level security only

REDIS

A

IAM policy usage

REDIS

Q

extra security in addition to security groups

REDIS

A

Redis AUTH

REDIS

Q

password/token

Redis AUTH

A

can set this when creating a cluster

Redis AUTH

Q

SSL in flight encryption

Redis AUTH

A

TLS is used for this

Redis AUTH

Q

SASL-based authentication

MEMCACHED

A

authentication feature

MEMCACHED

Q

Lazy loading
write through
session

Elasticache

A

Elacticache patterns (3)

Elasticache

Q

all read data is cached

Elacticache pattern

A

Lazy loading

Elacticache pattern

Q

data is added or updated in cache when written to DB

Elacticache pattern

A

Write through

Elacticache pattern

Q

data is never stale

Write through

A

benefit

Write through

Q

gaming leaderboard

REDIS

A

Redis with sorted sets use case

REDIS