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		cookiecaper on Jan 19, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Caching at Reddit redis does have some built-in features that automatically compact data. [0] I'm sure reddit has considered this, but worth noting. [0] https://redis.io/topics/memory-optimization

sgmansfield on Jan 19, 2017 [–]

client-side compression works out better for a couple of reasons:

1. You use less bandwidth in/out of the box. This matters in AWS because your bandwidth is (relatively) limited.

2. Your CPU usage to (de)compress is distributed over a larger fleet. The clients spend the CPU time, not the cache servers.

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