IronCache Archives - The Iron.io Blog https://blog.iron.io/tag/ironcache/ Scalable serverless application tools to run background tasks with Docker containers and manage messaging queues with cloud elasticity and handheld customer support. Thu, 03 Aug 2023 15:37:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://blog.iron.io/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/cropped-iron-avatar-1-32x32.png IronCache Archives - The Iron.io Blog https://blog.iron.io/tag/ironcache/ 32 32 Best Key-Value Stores for Game Developers https://blog.iron.io/best-key-value-stores-for-game-developers/ https://blog.iron.io/best-key-value-stores-for-game-developers/#respond Wed, 26 Jul 2023 04:14:40 +0000 https://blog.iron.io/?p=8936 Handling large volumes of dynamic data efficiently is a crucial challenge for a game developer. The difference between your game smoothly rendering on the fly versus crashing could come down to your choice of data storage. Moreover, your selection could impact your development cost and security considerations significantly. In this guide, we will delve into…

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]]> https://blog.iron.io/best-key-value-stores-for-game-developers/feed/ 0 Key-Value Stores vs Relational Databases https://blog.iron.io/key-value-stores-vs-relational-databases/ https://blog.iron.io/key-value-stores-vs-relational-databases/#respond Thu, 13 Jul 2023 11:28:14 +0000 https://blog.iron.io/?p=8906 As businesses grapple with an explosion of data, the stakes have never been higher. Data management has become a billion-dollar question, affecting everything from cost-efficiency to security and performance. This article will dissect two prominent data management systems - key-value stores and relational databases - to help you navigate this crucial decision. 5 key takeaways…

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]]> https://blog.iron.io/key-value-stores-vs-relational-databases/feed/ 0 Guest Post: Using IronCache as a Persistent Key Value Store for Real-time Chat https://blog.iron.io/guest-post-using-ironcache-as/ https://blog.iron.io/guest-post-using-ironcache-as/#respond Fri, 07 Sep 2012 17:00:00 +0000 http://ironio2.wpengine.com/?p=156 While IronCache is a great option for caching, it can also be used to persist data more permanently. There are dozens of great uses for a persistent key/value store, however, we’ll be building a simple chat app with Sinatra using IronCache as our datastore. This is a guest post by JP Silvashy, CTO of Motionloft.…

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]]> https://blog.iron.io/guest-post-using-ironcache-as/feed/ 0 Iron.io Releases IronCache (Beta) https://blog.iron.io/ironio-releases-ironcache/ https://blog.iron.io/ironio-releases-ironcache/#respond Wed, 16 May 2012 21:33:00 +0000 http://ironio2.wpengine.com/?p=181 Iron.io is pleased to announce a soft-launch/beta release of IronCache, a hosted key/value data cache. It’s an elastic cloud-based solution built for storing short-term processing results and passing items between asynchronous processes. IronCache is useful for many situations where a database alone isn’t an optimal solution. The service is accessible via a simple HTTP interface…

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