About Amazon ElastiCache

Build applications quickly using popular open-source technologies, Redis and Memcached, and easily integrate with other AWS services

Amazon ElastiCache is a fully managed, Redis- and Memcached-compatible service delivering real-time, cost-optimized performance for modern applications ElastiCache scales to hundreds of millions of operations per second with microsecond response time, and offers enterprise-grade security and reliability

The diagram shows the key features and benefits of Amazon ElastiCache Three sections display from left to right

The top icon in the first section is titled “Cache” and says “Accelerate application and database performance ” An arrow points to the second section The second icon in the first section is titled “Ephemeral data store” and lists four bullet points These bullet points are: “Session stores,” “Gaming leaderboards,” “Media streaming,” and “Analytic data stores ” An arrow points to the second section

The second section has the Amazon ElastiCache service icon with the title “Amazon ElastiCache” and says “Caching service built to deliver real-time performance for real-time applications ” Encapsulated in the box to the right is the header “Key service benefits” and six smaller boxes, each highlight a key service benefit These benefits are: “Microsecond speed,” “Fully managed,” “High availability,” “Security and compliance,” “Fully compatible with Redis and Memcached,” and "Cost optimization " An arrow points to the third section

The third section is titled “Integrate with other AWS services” and shows nine smaller boxes, each highlighting an AWS service Starting from top to bottom, the services listed are: "Amazon EKS," "AWS Lambda," "AWS CloudTrail," "Amazon S3," "AWS IAM," "AWS KMS," "Amazon SNS," "Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose," and "Amazon CloudWatch "

Lower total cost of ownership

Cache your data and offload database I/O to reduce operational burden, lower costs, and improve performance of both the database and the application

Real-time application data caching

Store frequently used data in-memory for microsecond response times and high throughput to support hundreds of millions of operations per second

Store ephemeral session data to quickly personalize gaming, e-commerce, social media, and online applications with microsecond response times Simplify application development with ElastiCache built-in data structures

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