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Aiven for Valkey™

Aiven for Valkey™ is a fully managed in-memory NoSQL database service that offers high performance, scalability, and security. Deployable in the cloud of your choice, it helps you store and access data efficiently.

Developed under the Linux Foundation, Valkey™ is an open-source fork of Redis® designed to provide a seamless and reliable alternative to Redis OSS. Aiven for Valkey ensures full compatibility with Redis OSS 7.2.4, making it easy for users to transition their existing applications without disruption.

With Aiven for Valkey, you can leverage the power of this in-memory database to improve the performance of your applications by setting up high-performance data caching. Additionally, it can be integrated seamlessly into your observability stack for purposes such as logging and monitoring.

Aiven for Valkey supports a wide range of data structures, including strings, hashes, lists, sets, sorted sets with range queries, bitmaps, hyperloglogs, geospatial indexes, and streams.

Key features and benefits​

Aiven for Valkey has many features that make it easy and stress-free to use:

  • Open source: Valkey is licensed under the permissive BSD-3 license, ensuring open-source availability and freedom from restrictive licensing changes.

  • Redis compatible: Fully compatible with Redis OSS 7.2.4, providing a seamless transition for users with existing Redis applications.

  • High performance: As an in-memory NoSQL database, Valkey offers fast data retrieval with low latency, ideal for applications requiring real-time data processing.

  • Managed service: Fully managed service, so you don't have to worry about setup, management, or updates. Aiven provides tools and integrations to help you use this in-memory data store in your data pipelines.

  • Fast and easy deployment: Launch a production-ready service within minutes. Choose from multiple public clouds across numerous global regions, using high-performance clusters with optimally selected instance types and storage options.

  • Integration with data infrastructure: Aiven ensures secure network connectivity using VPC peering, PrivateLink, or TransitGateway technologies. Aiven integrates with various observability tooling, including Datadog, Prometheus, and Jolokia, or you can use Aiven's observability tools for improved monitoring and logging.

  • DevOps-friendly management and development: Manage your Valkey solution using Aiven Console, Aiven CLI, or Aiven Provider for Terraform. Features like scaling, forking, and upgrading your Aiven for Valkey cluster are simple and efficient. Compatible with open-source software, it integrates with your existing applications and facilitates cloud and regional migrations.

  • Backups and disaster recovery: Automatic and configurable backups ensure data safety. Backups are performed every 24 hours, with retention periods varying by service plan.

  • Migration support: Supports data migration from external Redis® implementations and Valkey databases to Aiven for Valkey with minimal downtime.

Ways to use Aiven for Valkey​

  • Use Aiven for Valkey and its in-memory data store technology as a supplementary data system alongside primary databases like PostgreSQL®.

  • Ideal for transient data, caching values for quick access, and data that can be reestablished, such as session data. While this service is not inherently a persistent storage solution, it can be configured for persistence.

  • Perfect for high-performance applications requiring fast data access, real-time analytics, session management, and distributed caching scenarios.

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