The Redis project abandoned its VM implementation, to focus on in-memory operation, while suggesting that datasets > RAM should be sent to an RDBMS. This has re

The Redis project abandoned its VM implementation, to focus on in-memory operation, while suggesting that datasets > RAM should be sent to an RDBMS. This has resulted in a few success stories where the Redis+RDBMS combo has been successful. The old-school DBA in me immediately thinks that the "70's tech" of the RDBMS is still widely used because the time to develop sufficient memory management is hard work and takes time.