Google Cloud announced the preview release of Valkey 8.0 on Memorystore, making it the first major cloud platform to offer Valkey 8.0 as a fully managed service. This release builds upon the launch of Memorystore for Valkey 7.2 in August 2024, further solidifying Google Cloud's commitment to open source by providing the latest and greatest features from the Valkey open-source ecosystem.
One of the most notable features of Valkey 8.0 is its full backward compatibility with Redis OSS 7.2 APIs, allowing for a seamless migration from Redis without requiring modifications to application code. The new release also boasts significant performance enhancements, including improvements to asynchronous I/O, which enables parallel processing of commands and I/O operations, leading to increased throughput and reduced bottlenecks.
Furthermore, Valkey 8.0 offers improved cluster reliability thanks to features like automatic failover for empty shards, replicating slot migration states, and slot migration state recovery. These features help ensure data availability even during complex scaling operations.
In a nutshell, Valkey 8.0 on Memorystore is an excellent choice for high-throughput, real-time applications that require reliability and compatibility with Redis OSS. With features like zero-downtime scaling, high availability, and persistence based on RDB snapshots and AOF logging, Memorystore's Valkey 8.0 provides the performance, reliability, and scalability that today's demanding workloads deserve.
