Money! Money! Money! – How to Save it Good!

Redis, a popular NoSQL database, is often used to help applications scale and handle high volumes of traffic at low latencies. IBM's RapidBuild Program for POWER8 systems offers significant money savings when using Redis Enterprise Cluster (RLEC) on IBM Power Systems. The program allows users to run higher numbers of Redis instances on a single server, increasing throughput by 67% while keeping latencies under 1 ms. Additionally, RLEC enables running Redis on Flash memory, which is 10 times cheaper than RAM and still provides sub-millisecond latencies. IBM's CAPI interconnect further enhances performance by connecting flash memory directly to the main processors, resulting in a gain of 200% in terms of throughput at 70% lower costs. This innovative technology also allows users to reduce their server footprint from 24 to 1 with POWER8 and CAPI.