# Understanding Open Source Business Models for the C-Suite Video InstaBlinks EP 07: Redis™—The Most Popular In-Memory Database Technology ======================================================================== In this seventh episode of InstaBlinks, Thomas Griffiths, Product Manager at Instaclustr, talks about Redis—the most popular in-memory database technology. Redis is often called a data structure server because its core data types are similar to those found in programming languages, such as strings, lists, dictionaries (or hashes), sets, and sorted sets. It also provides many other data structures and features for approximate counting, geolocation, and stream processing. Learn more about [Redis](https://www.instaclustr.com/blog/what-is-redis/) [here.](https://www.instaclustr.com/blog/what-is-redis/) **During the video, Thomas shares insights into:** - What is Redis, the reasons for its popularity, and what makes it different from other technologies - Redis adoptions and challenges around it - Popular use cases - Redis vs Kafka, and - When not to use Redis **Interested to learn more about Redis?** Reach out to ### Related content [ Infographic Why managed support matters for your mission-critical systems Learn more about the Instaclustr platform and Open Source Technologies. Download the free datasheet today... ](https://www.instaclustr.com/resources/why-managed-support-matters-for-your-mission-critical-systems/) [ Video Upsizing Apache Cassandra® Clusters In this video, we delve into a few different strategies for upsizing clusters on your Instaclustr managed Cassandra clusters... ](https://www.instaclustr.com/resources/upsizing-cassandra-clusters/) [ White Paper Understanding Open Source Business Models for the C-Suite Instaclustr have spent a lot of time observing how open source projects work - Download our Free White Paper to Learn More... ](https://www.instaclustr.com/resources/understanding-open-source-business-models-for-the-c-suite/) Learn about our Managed platform ---------------------------------- Schedule your 1:1 session with one of our open source experts [ Schedule a demo ](/schedule-a-demo/)