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title: "When Should an ASP.NET Core Application Use Redis Instead of SQL Server for Caching?"  
description: "When Should an ASP.NET Core Application Use Redis Instead of SQL Server for Caching?"  
author: "Waldemar Thiessen"  
published: 2026-10-29  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/119598/when-should-an-asp-net-core-application-use-redis-instead-of-sql-server-for-caching  
category: "Backend Development"  
tags: ["Redis", "sql server", "ASP.NET Core", "System Design", "performance"]  

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# When Should an ASP.NET Core Application Use Redis Instead of SQL Server for Caching?




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