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Senior Technical Lead @ Paytm | Building and Scaling Paytm Flights

Redis and Its Default Configurations: A Dangerous Cocktail at Scale 🍸🚀 When it comes to deploying Redis in a production environment, the default configurations are fine for local or dev setups. But at scale, certain settings can become ticking time bombs. Beyond the obvious tweaks like eviction policy and maxmemory configs, let's explore some lesser known but critical settings you need to adjust: 🔧 1. repl-backlog-size (Buffer for Replication) Default Size: 1MB At scale, more than 1MB of data can change within a second. If your replica goes offline for more than a second, it might have to perform a full sync due to the small backlog, severely impacting master performance. Adjust this setting to ensure your replicas can recover and stay in sync with the master. 🔧 2. client-output-buffer-limit (Replica) Default Transfer Limit: 64MB The default transfer limit between master and replica is 64MB. Any minor connection issue can force a replica to go out of sync, leading to a full sync which might fail due to this limit. Increase this limit to handle higher data transfer volumes. 🔧 3. save (Backup Dump) Default Backup Intervals: Every 15 minutes if at least 1 key changes. Every 5 minutes if at least 300 keys change. Every 1 minute if at least 10,000 keys change. At peak scale, these thresholds are easily hit, causing frequent backups and significant I/O and CPU overhead. Adjust these intervals to reduce overhead in high-scale environments. 💡 Key Takeaway: Default Redis configurations aren’t cut out for production at scale. Properly tuning settings like repl-backlog-size, client-output-buffer-limit, and save intervals is crucial for maintaining performance and stability. 📊 Pro Tip: Always monitor your Redis instance and adjust configurations based on your specific workload and scale. #Redis #TechTips #DatabaseManagement #Scalability #DevOps #PerformanceOptimization #TechLeadership #ProductionReady

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