saving user data in redis - data structure

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I'm wondering what will be the best way to save the data structure of users in redis. should I use hash or string?

this is what I did:

users:$email:fname
users:$email:lname 
users:$email:username
users:$email:password

the email is the unique id (to enable future multiple servers) so I have another string that saves all the emails: emails:$email

Also I have a username:$username to store all the usernames for easy searching

Is that the way to go?

I you can point me to a good resource to see the similar data structures of say a blog site that would be wonderful!

sure, I'm trying to set a users database to allow users to register, I'm wondering what would be the best way to do that, should I use hash or string — mojoo
– mojoo, Commented Oct 21, 2013 at 7:36

Didier Spezia · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-21 08:50:30Z

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I would use a hash object here.

While you can use strings as you proposed, it is more interesting to aggregate the various fields defining a user in a single object. With a hash, it is easier to delete, expire, retrieve a single user. It is also much more memory efficient.

answered Oct 21, 2013 at 8:50

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