Re: More that 1 DB is discouraged and will be deprecated in the future?
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Josiah Carlson
Jan 22, 2013, 12:50:34 AM1/22/13
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On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 1:46 PM, <re...@jwhitesolutions.com> wrote:
> I have come across several different comments about Redis indicating that
> more that 1 DB is discouraged and will be deprecated in the future. I'd
> like to learn more about this. I have seen several libraries add a prefix
> to a Redis key to effectively create a namespace instead of using multiple
> DBs. This seems to be the preferred approach, but I still don't understand
> the motivation. Can someone explain why this is?
This is only the case for built-in Redis cluster, which has not yet
been released. If you are using Redis cluster, then you will have to
stick to a single DB. If you're not using Redis cluster, then don't
worry, you will be able to use multiple databases for the foreseeable
future.
Regards,
- Josiah
> I have come across several different comments about Redis indicating that
> more that 1 DB is discouraged and will be deprecated in the future. I'd
> like to learn more about this. I have seen several libraries add a prefix
> to a Redis key to effectively create a namespace instead of using multiple
> DBs. This seems to be the preferred approach, but I still don't understand
> the motivation. Can someone explain why this is?
This is only the case for built-in Redis cluster, which has not yet
been released. If you are using Redis cluster, then you will have to
stick to a single DB. If you're not using Redis cluster, then don't
worry, you will be able to use multiple databases for the foreseeable
future.
Regards,
- Josiah
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