That depends on what you're creating and how. For better or worse[1], not everything follows the one-enormous-process Java way of doing things. Btw, Redis is e

That depends on what you're creating and how. For better or worse[1], not everything follows the one-enormous-process Java way of doing things. Btw, Redis is extremely fast to set up, but as I sai, if all you need is a HashMap.. [1] - Almost always for the better if you ask me. That Java "enterprisy" way of development is the worst thing I have ever experienced in computing ;)