Redis Best Practices

Data Modeling

• Use appropriate data structures
• Use meaningful key names
• Implement key expiration
• Use hashes for objects
• Use sorted sets for leaderboards

Caching Patterns

• Cache-aside (lazy loading)
• Write-through for consistency
• Write-behind for performance
• Set appropriate TTLs
• Handle cache misses gracefully

Performance

• Pipeline commands
• Use Lua scripts for atomic ops