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I don't want to sound like "that guy" but what are the advantages of using this service instead of running Redis locally? Redis seems easy to run and maintain (

by hgazx 4y ago

I don't want to sound like "that guy" but what are the advantages of using this service instead of running Redis locally? Redis seems easy to run and maintain (unlike most rdbms which are quite complex and can fail or get corrupted in unexpected ways) and the latency difference of running locally instead of in a SaaS seems a no-brainer.

ceejayoz 4y ago
Quite a few people used it as a Heroku add-on, where self-hosting isn't an option due to dyno restarts and lack of persistent storage. https://elements.heroku.com/addons/redistogo https://elements.heroku.com/addons/redistogo
- hgazx 4y ago
  Ah, I understand that it had a free tier. Now I get it. You can’t beat free :P
  - glenngillen 4y ago
    No, the OP is correct. If you’re all in on Heroku then there is no “run redis yourself locally option”. It can’t run in a dyno, you couldn’t use it to reliably persist state across your dynos. It’s nothing to do with it having a free plan.
    - mbreese 4y ago
      The “free” part answers the obvious follow up question of why the shutdown of this Redis SaaS provider is noteworthy. It’s highly used with Heroku because of the free tier. Even the notice mentions this, emphasizing that the alternatives they recommend don’t have a free tier.
      - BigglesZX 4y ago
        Heroku's own redis addon[1] has a comparable free tier and while I can't be certain, I'm pretty sure it's been beefed up recently, as I just had to migrate away from RedisToGo and I would have chosen Heroku's own addon over RedisToGo originally unless there was a compelling reason not to. [1] https://elements.heroku.com/addons/heroku-redis https://elements.heroku.com/addons/heroku-redis
        mbreese 4y ago
        Then maybe that’s why this service is shutting down? It was supposed to be a loss-leader, hooking people with a free tier. But now instead of getting more people to sign up and convert to paying customers, it’s just a drain?
        glenngillen 4y ago
        This redis add-on was the original one, developed by Heroku and then spun out and handed over to a different team to operate. It’s been running successfully for something like 12 years. Has been acquired/changed owner 3 times. Has withstood the numerous challenges from competitors in what is arguably one of the most competitive parts of the add-on ecosystem. It has been successful and had its time. To suggest this has anything to do with it having a free tier is to not understand the trajectory of the business at all.
        dryreveal 4y ago
        I've been hit by this too. Can anyone advise how to migrate from Redis toGo to Heroku Redis? Perhaps its as simple as uninstalling redis-to-go and installing e.g. something like heroku addons:destroy redistogo heroku addons:create heroku-redis:hobby-dev -a your-app-name See my SO question for this - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/72695052/migrating-from-heroku-redis-togo-to-heroku-redis https://stackoverflow.com/questions/72695052/migrating-from-...
kawsper 4y ago
We use Redislabs to run a redis-cluster for us, it helps our team not to focus on how redis works in clustermode, failover, failure-modes and routing etc.

by hgazx 4y ago

ceejayoz 4y ago

Quite a few people used it as a Heroku add-on, where self-hosting isn't an option due to dyno restarts and lack of persistent storage. https://elements.heroku.com/addons/redistogo https://elements.heroku.com/addons/redistogo

hgazx 4y ago
Ah, I understand that it had a free tier. Now I get it. You can’t beat free :P
- glenngillen 4y ago
  No, the OP is correct. If you’re all in on Heroku then there is no “run redis yourself locally option”. It can’t run in a dyno, you couldn’t use it to reliably persist state across your dynos. It’s nothing to do with it having a free plan.
  - mbreese 4y ago
    The “free” part answers the obvious follow up question of why the shutdown of this Redis SaaS provider is noteworthy. It’s highly used with Heroku because of the free tier. Even the notice mentions this, emphasizing that the alternatives they recommend don’t have a free tier.
    - BigglesZX 4y ago
      Heroku's own redis addon[1] has a comparable free tier and while I can't be certain, I'm pretty sure it's been beefed up recently, as I just had to migrate away from RedisToGo and I would have chosen Heroku's own addon over RedisToGo originally unless there was a compelling reason not to. [1] https://elements.heroku.com/addons/heroku-redis https://elements.heroku.com/addons/heroku-redis
      - mbreese 4y ago
        Then maybe that’s why this service is shutting down? It was supposed to be a loss-leader, hooking people with a free tier. But now instead of getting more people to sign up and convert to paying customers, it’s just a drain?
        glenngillen 4y ago
        This redis add-on was the original one, developed by Heroku and then spun out and handed over to a different team to operate. It’s been running successfully for something like 12 years. Has been acquired/changed owner 3 times. Has withstood the numerous challenges from competitors in what is arguably one of the most competitive parts of the add-on ecosystem. It has been successful and had its time. To suggest this has anything to do with it having a free tier is to not understand the trajectory of the business at all.
      - dryreveal 4y ago
        I've been hit by this too. Can anyone advise how to migrate from Redis toGo to Heroku Redis? Perhaps its as simple as uninstalling redis-to-go and installing e.g. something like heroku addons:destroy redistogo heroku addons:create heroku-redis:hobby-dev -a your-app-name See my SO question for this - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/72695052/migrating-from-heroku-redis-togo-to-heroku-redis https://stackoverflow.com/questions/72695052/migrating-from-...

kawsper 4y ago

We use Redislabs to run a redis-cluster for us, it helps our team not to focus on how redis works in clustermode, failover, failure-modes and routing etc.