Redis From Scratch

A lightweight implementation of Redis server in C.

Redis (REmote DIctionary Server) is an open-source, in-memory data storage and retrieval system. Building Redis from scratch helps greatly in understanding network programming and implementation of data structures.

"What I cannot create, I do not understand." -Richard Feynmann.

Compile

g++ -Wall -Wextra -O2 -g src/server.cpp -o /bin/server -std=c++17
g++ -Wall -Wextra -O2 -g src/server_kevent.cpp -o /bin/server_kevent -std=c++17
g++ -Wall -Wextra -O2 -g src/client.cpp -o /bin/client -std=c++17
g++ -Wall -Wextra -O2 -g src/client2.cpp -o /bin/client2 -std=c++17

Run

Run server

./bin/server
./bin/server_kevent

To demonstrate sequential execution

./client1; ./client2;

To demonstrate parallel execution

./client1 & ./client2 

References

https://app.codecrafters.io/courses/redis/introduction

https://build-your-own.org/redis/