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BLOB (binary large object), pronounced BLAHB and sometimes spelled in all lower case, is a large file, typically an image or sound file, that must be handled (for example, uploaded, downloaded, or stored in a database) in a special way because of its size.

Real-Time Management of Millions of devices with Redis caching

For one of our projects we needed to receive, store and display to a UI a large amount of data in realtime. This data is generated by devices located around the world and represented network activity, device location and some other information. Performance was a key key metric for the project. End user should be able to track any device in as close to real time as possible,