Key-Value Stores in Large Projects

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Overview of key-value stores in large projects, explaining their history, architectural advantages and disadvantages, and classification by use case. Covers concrete scenarios such as using KV stores as caches and as alternative storage layers, and outlines when each approach is appropriate.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 1:50History of key-value stores
3. 10:29Memcached and Redis revolution
4. 22:32Key-value use cases
5. 27:03Pros and cons of key-value
6. 33:26Future trends in key-value
7. 38:50Performance vs traditional DBs
8. 44:32ORM and operational issues
9. 50:07Real-world key-value cases

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