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Running BullMQ with Dragonfly

What's this blog post about?

BullMQ is a robust and fast Node.js library for background job processing using queues, with advanced features and compatibility with Redis. Dragonfly, a drop-in Redis replacement optimized for high-traffic applications, has been made fully compatible with BullMQ. By transitioning from Redis to Dragonfly as the backing store for BullMQ, developers can benefit from enhanced performance, simpler infrastructure, and significant cost reductions while maintaining familiar functionalities. Benchmark results showcase improvements in performance when using multiple queues and threads with Dragonfly's advanced multi-threaded architecture. Instructions on how to run BullMQ with Dragonfly are provided, emphasizing the importance of careful queue name planning for optimal utilization of multiple threads.

Company
Dragonfly

Date published
Oct. 16, 2023

Author(s)
Joe Zhou

Word count
1472

Language
English

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