Redis

Redis Monitoring Without MONITOR

Get complete visibility into Redis performance without the 50% overhead of MONITOR. Our eBPF technology captures every command at the kernel level by analyzing the RESP protocol with less than 1% impact.

Zero
Config Changes
No
MONITOR Needed
<1%
Performance Impact
100%
Command Visibility

Complete Redis Observability

Monitor every Redis operation without any configuration or performance impact

RESP Protocol Analysis

Capture every Redis command using eBPF wire protocol analysis - no MONITOR command overhead

Command-Level Visibility

Track GET, SET, HGET, ZADD, and all Redis commands with latency and key patterns

Zero Performance Impact

Unlike MONITOR which can slow Redis by 50%, eBPF capture has <1% overhead

Key Pattern Analysis

Identify hot keys, large keys, and access patterns without touching Redis

Cluster & Sentinel Support

Monitor Redis Cluster, Sentinel, and standalone instances automatically

Pipeline & Transaction Tracking

Full visibility into pipelined commands and MULTI/EXEC transactions

Why Not Use MONITOR?

Traditional MONITOR Command

  • 50% performance degradation
  • Single client bottleneck
  • Can't run in production
  • Misses pipelined commands

HyperObserve eBPF Monitoring

  • Less than 1% overhead
  • Kernel-level capture
  • Production-safe always
  • Captures all commands

RESP Protocol Analysis

// eBPF captures Redis RESP protocol
if (port == 6379) {
    // Parse RESP protocol
    if (data[0] == '*') {  // Array
        parse_redis_array(data);
    } else if (data[0] == '$') {  // Bulk string
        parse_redis_bulk_string(data);
    } else if (data[0] == '+') {  // Simple string
        parse_redis_simple_string(data);
    }
    
    // Extract command and measure latency
    track_redis_operation(cmd, key, latency_ns);
}

Commands We Capture

  • • String operations (GET, SET, MGET, MSET)
  • • Hash operations (HGET, HSET, HMGET)
  • • List operations (LPUSH, RPOP, LRANGE)
  • • Set operations (SADD, SMEMBERS)
  • • Sorted set operations (ZADD, ZRANGE)
  • • Pub/Sub (PUBLISH, SUBSCRIBE)

Metrics We Track

  • • Command latency distribution
  • • Key access patterns
  • • Command frequency
  • • Error rates by command
  • • Pipeline usage
  • • Memory pressure indicators

What We Monitor

RESP protocol parsing (inline and bulk)
Command extraction with arguments
Key and value size tracking
Command latency measurement
Pipeline command detection
Transaction (MULTI/EXEC) tracking
Pub/Sub message monitoring
Error response capture
Memory usage patterns
No Redis configuration required

Monitor Redis Without Any Performance Impact

No MONITOR overhead. No configuration. Just complete visibility.

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