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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.