What is Caching?

In this lesson, we present Amazon Elasticache as a way to boost your application’s performance with features such as in-memory data store with sub-millisecond latency.

Learning Objectives

• Understand Amazon Elasticache for both Memcached and Redis
• Understand what caching is, the Memcached and Redis engines, and how to choose one over the other
• Understand the different types of caching behaviors and how to monitor your cache for best utilization

Intended Audience

• Architects, developers, and system operators looking to understand how to use Amazon Elasticache to boost application performance
• Anyone preparing for the AWS Developer Associate, Solutions Architect Associate, and SysOps Administrator Associate certifications

Prerequisites

• Meet the requirements for the Cloud Practitioner certification or equivalent experience