Redis strings vs Redis hashes to represent JSON: efficiency?

Question

I want to store a JSON payload into redis. There\'s really 2 ways I can do this:

1. One using a simple string keys and values.
   key:user, value:payload (the

Answer 1

It depends on how you access the data:

Go for Option 1:

• If you use most of the fields on most of your accesses.
• If there is variance on possible keys

Go for Option 2:

• If you use just single fields on most of your accesses.
• If you always know which fields are available

P.S.: As a rule of the thumb, go for the option which requires fewer queries on most of your use cases.