[AWS] 18-4. Databases in AWS : ElastiCache

[ Databases in AWS : ElastiCache ]

1. Managed Redis/Memcached (similar offering as RDS, but for caches)

2. In-memory data store, sub-milisecond latency

3. Must provision an EC2 instance type

4. Support for Clustering (Redis) and Multi AZ, Read Replicas (sharding)

5. Security through IAM, Security Groups, KMS, Redis Auth

6. Backup / Snapshot / Point in time restore feature

7. Managed and Scheduled maintenance

8. Monitoring through CloudWatch

※Use Case : Key/Value store, Frequent reads, less writes, cache results for DB queries, store session data for websites, cannot use SQL. 

 

[ ElastiCache for Solutions Architect ]

Operations : same as RDS

Security : AWS responsible for OS security, we are responsible for setting up KMS, security groups, IAM policies, users (Redis Auth), using SSL

Reliability : Clustering, Multi AZ

Performance : Sub-millisecond performance, in memory, read replicas for sharding, very popular cache option

Cost : Pay per hour based on EC2 and storage usage