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What is the primary technical motivation for deploying Redis as a 'Cache-Aside' layer in a modern microservices architecture?
- A To replace the primary persistent database and avoid all disk-based storage costs entirely.
- B To improve read performance by storing copies of expensive or frequently requested data.
- C To archive old or infrequently accessed data to a compressed, read-only system partition.
- D To manage and rotate user passwords and sensitive API keys using safe AES encryption.
Answer: B. To improve read performance by storing copies of expensive or frequently requested data.
Fetching a row from a SQL database might involve disk I/O and complex joins (slow). Fetching the same data from Redis is a simple memory lookup (fast). This offloads the primary DB and reduces web response times.
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