Store Collection of Object in Redis

Question

I want store collection of complex c# class in Redis This collection has 2 type of usage:

• first retrieve all objects from collection

• second is retrieve specific item from collection by id

  1. What is the best Redis type for storing this type of data?
  2. Is it Ok to store c# object as byte array in Redis String, and when i need to this data deserialize it to my collection? , also if the rate of this data usage is high.

Dose exist any better solution for cache data for c#?

Answer 1

You can use Redis Hashes for your C# objects. Populate it with HMSET:

HMSET objects:classname:id member1type member1value [member2type member2value]...

To get all objects, simply use HGETALL, and to get a specific member, HGET (you can also use HMGET to get more than one member).

Depands on your needs, you can also add sets with ids for each class, and than use SORT to get a specific member(s) from all stored class objects.