[TYPO3-dev] TYPO3 cache -> Redis

[Robert Wildling]

Philipp, again: Thank you very much! I sincerely hope we once will meet 
"analog", so I could express my gratitude to you in person!

Have a good day!
Robert



> Hi Robert,
>
> Robert Wildling wrote:
>
>> Any chance you could elaborate a bit on the security problem that would
>> arise using both Redis and Varnish?
>
> Sorry, I misunderstood you. I though you wanted to use varnish and redis on
> the very same server. Technically, the redis server should be threaten like
> a DB server and there must not be accessible from the internet and of course
> must not share the same server as the varnish cache.
>
>>  From what I understand, Varnish is good for FE (only). But would Redis
>> not also be a speed benefit for the BE?
>
> Yes of course.
>
>> On another site I read that for Redis phpRedis needs to be installed. So
>> I assume a similar package would be needed for, let's say, MongoDB?
>
> Most likely. You somehow need a "driver" the provides functions to set and
> get values from your cache.
> Although you could use generic stream functions to connect to most caches
> and implement the binary protocol yourself, those extensions provide you
> with a technical base that allows you to easily utilize those caches without
> having to think about the protocol to much.
>
> Best regards
>