= Redis Documentation =

Russian TranslationHello! The followings are pointers to different parts of the Redis Documentation.

Getting started

• New! You can now Try Redis directly in your browser!.
• The README is a good starting point to know more about the project.
• This short Quick Start provides a five minutes step-by-step istructions on how to download, compile, run and test the basic workings of a Redis server.
• The command reference is a description of all the Redis commands with links to command specific pages. You can also download the Redis Commands Cheat-Sheet provided by Mason Jones (btw some command may be missing, the primary source is the wiki).
• A Fifteen Minutes Introduction to the Redis Data Types explains how Redis data types work and the basic patterns of working with Redis.
• the Simon Willison Redis Tutorial is a must read, very good documentation where you will find a lot of real world ideas and use cases.
• Redis from the ground up is an impressive article to know more about Redis if you are a newcomer.
• Getting started with Redis and Python

Full programming examples

• This is a tutorial about creating a Twitter clone using *only* Redis as database, no relational DB at all is used, it is a good start to understand the key-value database paradigm.

FAQs and benchmarks

• The benchmark page is about the speed performances of Redis.
• Our FAQ contains of course some answers to common questions about Redis. Not very up-to-date.

HOWTOs about selected features

• The Redis Replication HOWTO is what you need to read in order to understand how Redis master <-> slave replication works.
• The Append Only File HOWTO explains how the alternative Redis durability mode works. AOF is an alternative to snapshotting on disk from time to time (the default).
• Virtual Memory User Guide. A simple to understand guide about using and configuring the Redis Virtual Memory.
• Redis Pipelining Guide.
• Memory optimization: Full of keys, a blog post at antirez.com showing how to use Redis 2.0 and hashes to create a setup where you can store 5 times more data in your Redis instance.
• Implementing auto complete with Redis.

Hacking

• The Protocol Specification is all you need in order to implement a Redis client library for a missing language. PHP, Python, Ruby and Erlang are already supported.
• Look at Redis Internals if you are interested in the implementation details of the Redis server.

Videos

• Ezra Zygmuntowicz at the Mountain West Ruby Conference 2009 to know the most important Redis ideas in few minutes.
• Salvatore Sanfilippo and Pieter Noordhuis at the SF Redis Meetup

Recipes and books

• The Redis Cookbook is a collaborative effort to provide some good recipe.
• There is an ongoing effort to write a Redis book for O'Reilly