Amazon ElastiCache version 8.0 for Valkey brings faster scaling for ElastiCache Serverless and memory optimizations for node-based clusters.
ElastiCache Serverless enables you to create a cache in under a minute and scale capacity based on application traffic patterns.
Valkey is an open source, in-memory key-value data store that is a drop-in replacement for Redis OSS.
ElastiCache speeds up database and application performance, scaling to millions of operations per second with microsecond read and write response time.
ElastiCache Serverless version 8.0 for Valkey brings improvements to how it handles spiky and fast-scaling workloads.
With Valkey 8.0, AWS contributed significant performance enhancements, notably achieving over 1 million RPS through a new multi-threaded architecture.
Valkey 8.0 introduces key memory efficiency improvements that help reduce memory usage and resource consumption for your workloads.
ElastiCache version 8.0 for Valkey is now available in all AWS Regions.
Moving to ElastiCache for Valkey can also help you save money. ElastiCache Serverless for Valkey is priced 33% lower than ElastiCache Serverless for other engines.
Abhay Saxena is a Product Manager in the In-Memory Databases team at Amazon Web Services focused on ElastiCache Serverless.