Redis is simply more useful if you're not pushing max throughput using it purely as a cache. It has really useful support for a variety of data structures and o

Redis is simply more useful if you're not pushing max throughput using it purely as a cache. It has really useful support for a variety of data structures and operations, and I'd guess that Memcached's (previous) 1mb limit per item drove a good number of people to look for other options over time.