Assignment - 5
1. Identify real-world scenarios where Redis is beneficial, such as caching,
session management, real-time analytics, and message queuing.
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Here are real-world use cases where Redis is beneficial:
1. Caching – Speeds up web applications by storing frequently accessed data.
2. Session Management – Stores user sessions for fast authentication.
3. Real-Time Analytics – Processes live data, e.g., stock prices, user activity.
4. Message Queuing – Enables instant messaging and notifications with Pub/Sub.
5. Leaderboards – Ranks scores efficiently in gaming apps using Sorted Sets.
6. Rate Limiting – Controls API request limits per user.
7. Geospatial Queries – Finds nearby locations in ride-sharing and logistics apps.
8. Machine Learning Feature Store – Stores precomputed data for quick AI model
inference.
9. Distributed Locks – Prevents race conditions in multi-server environments.
10.Streaming Data Processing – Supports event-driven architectures with Redis
Streams.
11.E-commerce Inventory Management – Ensures real-time stock updates.
12.Auto-Completing & Search Suggestions – Provides instant search results.
13.Shopping Cart Management – Stores active carts in online stores.
14.IoT Data Storage – Collects and processes sensor data in real time.
15.Social Media Feeds – Manages real-time newsfeeds and activity logs.
2.Perform basic operations in Redis using commands like SET, GET,
LPUSH, RPUSH, SADD, SMEMBERS, ZADD, and HSET.
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# String Operations
SET name "Alice"
GET name
# List Operations
LPUSH fruits "Apple" "Banana" "Mango"
RPUSH fruits "Orange"
LRANGE fruits 0 -1
# Set Operations
SADD colors "Red" "Green" "Blue"
SMEMBERS colors
# Sorted Set Operations
ZADD leaderboard 100 "Player1" 200 "Player2"
ZRANGE leaderboard 0 -1 WITHSCORES
# Hash Operations
HSET user:1 name "John" age 25 country "USA"
HGETALL user:1
3.Implement transactions in Redis using multi/exec commands to ensure
atomicity and consistency for a series of operations.
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Using Redis Transactions
Redis transactions allow executing multiple commands atomically, meaning all
commands will either be executed together or none at all if an error occurs.
Example: Banking Transaction
Suppose you want to decrease a user's balance and increase another user's balance in
a single atomic operation.
CODE :
MULTI # Start a transaction
SET balance 1000 # Set initial balance
DECRBY balance 200 # Deduct 200 from balance
INCRBY balance 150 # Add 150 to balance
EXEC # Execute the transaction
Explanation:
1. MULTI – Starts the transaction.
2. SET balance 1000 – Sets the initial balance to 1000.
3. DECRBY balance 200 – Deducts 200 from the balance.
4. INCRBY balance 150 – Adds 150 to the balance.
5. EXEC – Executes all queued commands atomically.
If any command fails before EXEC, the transaction can be discarded using DISCARD.
This ensures atomicity and consistency in Redis transactions.
