Databases for Redis gives two Redis instances—a master and a replica member—with Redis sentinels monitoring both. Accessing the database is managed through a single Kubernetes Nodeport, behind which one or more HAProxy instances handle all the traffic. It’s the HAProxy instances that manage to which we’ve added support for TLS/SSL encryption for incoming connections to the Redis server—something Redis doesn’t do out-of-the-box currently.
| Product | Mindshare (%) |
|---|---|
| IBM Cloud Databases for Redis | 2.6% |
| Redis | 22.7% |
| Amazon ElastiCache | 17.8% |
| Other | 56.9% |
| Author info | Rating | Review Summary |
|---|---|---|
| SDE 1 at a educational organization with 501-1,000 employees | 4.0 | I find IBM Cloud Databases for Redis excellent for caching and performance, offering great speed, stability, and operational savings. However, pricing predictability and advanced configuration options could be improved, and scaling operations can sometimes be slow. |
| Senior Cloud Devops Engineer at Robu.in Affiliate | 0.5 | I purchased IBM Cloud Databases for Redis for caching, but it was unimplementable and incompatible, requiring costly third-party support. IBM provided no assistance, breaking promises. It's an expensive, poor-quality product I don't recommend. |
