Both old-line database vendors and cloud providers push compromised models of the data layer. Fortunately, Redis Enterprise offers a third way—the best of both worlds.
Picking the right database is a critical decision, with a cascade of consequences felt across the organization and up and down the tech stack for years and even decades. Unfortunately, database choice can be difficult and complex, with the full impact becoming clear only when the database is pushed at scale or beyond the initial data model.
Ironically, a limited set of options makes database choice even more complex. The database industry is largely divided into two camps. One camp advocates for a monolithic relational database model, while the other pushes customers to use a variety of purpose-built databases for every application. Think of the first camp as a hot-dog cart: they offer one thing, hot dogs. The second camp is like a food court, you select from an array of options that may or may not go together.