You're fundamentally asking the wrong question. First you figure out your design, then you use the right tools to implement it.
Redis may or may not be an appropriate tool for any particular design. I've solved a lot of problems with it, but my employer still has Oracle and MySQL databases that are unlikely to ever go away. I've also solved a lot of problems with Python on Ubuntu, but some of our infrastructure uses Windows and C#.
You've got a hammer and you're searching for nail-like objects. You need to put down the hammer, and figure out whether you even have nails in your project.
One addendum: I see you and beagle3 involved in another argument with angersock, which is getting quite emotional. I have the feeling you two may be accidentally spilling some of that emotion over to responding to me. Could that be the case?
I really feel like I've been getting a fair amount of fire here for writing things that I feel aren't that offensive or stupid. I can see that you may disagree, but I can't see where the heat comes from.
Thank you for letting me know that you're someone who is going to try and psychoanalyze me instead of having a civil debate, I'll avoid discussions with you in the future.
There's absolutely no need to teach me software engineering 101, and I'm not sure why you feel the need to be so condescending.
When I design a new piece of software, you can be sure that I'll find my nails before I choose my hammer. When discussing whether hammer X fits nail Y, please pardon me that I try and consider that in detail before I dismiss the hammer at all.
This entire thread is about whether it makes sense to support Redis on Windows. This discussion, in it's very essense, is a "we've got a hammer (Redis) that could be changed so it can be used on some more nails (db/persistence problems on Windows)". I list some Windows-heavy situations in which Redis may be an excellent hammer indeed. You respond by lecturing me. What's up with that?
Once more, to avoid the standard anti-MS downvote: I'm not demanding a Redis port. I'm not claiming Windows is superior. I'm not claiming to some "right" to get good software for free on my chosen platform. I'm only pointing out that more than the 0.01% of Redis users that antirez quotes in his blog post could prefer Windows, for good reasons.
Redis may or may not be an appropriate tool for any particular design. I've solved a lot of problems with it, but my employer still has Oracle and MySQL databases that are unlikely to ever go away. I've also solved a lot of problems with Python on Ubuntu, but some of our infrastructure uses Windows and C#.
You've got a hammer and you're searching for nail-like objects. You need to put down the hammer, and figure out whether you even have nails in your project.