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Amazon ElastiCache Redis Memcached

April 5, 2026

Managed In-Memory Caching

Improve application performance with sub-millisecond latency caching.

Cache Engines Comparison

Redis 6.2+:
- Data structures (lists, sets, hashes)
- Pub/Sub messaging
- Lua scripting
- Multi-AZ with auto-failover

Memcached:
- Simple key-value only
- Multi-threaded, higher throughput
- No persistence
- Manual failover only

Node Types:
Cache.t3.micro (free tier eligible)
Cache.m5.large (production)

Key Features

  • Redis AUTH/SASL security
  • Encryption in-transit/rest (Redis only)
  • Backup/restore (Redis snapshots)
  • CloudWatch metrics integration
  • Max 500 nodes per cluster