Overview

Exoscale’s Managed Valkey is an open-source, in-memory key-value data store designed as a drop-in replacement for Redis®. It offers high performance for databases, caching, or message brokers, ensuring data stays within Europe and complies with GDPR regulations.

Terminology

Valkey Service

a managed deployment of the Valkey engine on Exoscale

Plan

pre-sized bundle of CPU, RAM & storage (Hobbyist, Startup, Business, Premium)

Replica

follower node receiving asynchronous replication from the primary

Fork

on-demand clone of an existing service, useful for tests or disaster recovery

Eviction Policy

strategy Valkey uses when memory is exhausted (e.g. vallkeys-lru)

Features

Managed Lifecycle

automated provisioning, rolling upgrades and in-place re-sizing

High Availability

configurable replica count (Business & Premium plans) with automatic fail-over

Backups

daily encrypted snapshots retained 7 days (Hobbyist/Startup) or 14 days (Business/Premium)

Metrics & Logging

Prometheus endpoint and streaming logs to your preferred target

TLS Everywhere

client connections encrypted by default; IP filtering for extra control

Full Redis Command Set

because Valkey 7.2.4 is binary-compatible with Redis 7

NOTE Open-Source Continuity in a Nutshell (Redis —> Valkey) Same API, new governance under the Linux Foundation; no licence fees, no code gatekeeping. Exoscale switched its “Redis®” DBaaS offering to Valkey to guarantee long-term open-source freedom for customers.

Availability

Valkey services can be created in every current Exoscale zone:

Limitations

• Migration wizard is not yet available; use redis-cli --rdb or replication to move data
• Multi-primary (Redis Cluster-style sharding) is not supported; scale is vertical + read replicas
• Functionality is limited to core Valkey; no Redis Stack or proprietary modules
• Portal currently exposes basic operations only; use CLI/API for advanced settings