Elaris Computing Nexus
Evaluating Performance and Fault Tolerance of a Linearizable Distributed Cache in Comparison to Redis Cluster
Elaris Computing Nexus
Received On : 10 February 2025
Revised On : 18 March 2025
Accepted On : 20 April 2025
Published On : 30 April 2025
Volume 01, 2025
Pages : 032-040
Abstract
We present the experimental findings of a proposed linearizable cache system, which is subsequently compared to those of Redis Cluster, a widely utilized distributed caching solution. Both were implemented using Docker to establish a distributed environment with failure management. The evaluation encompassed measuring read and write requests, analyzing latency percentiles (P25, P50, P80, P90, P99), and assessing fault tolerance concerning disk failure, network delay, network partition, and node failure. The results indicate that the linearizable cache outperforms Redis Cluster in terms of read latency but incurs higher write latency due to strong consistency. It maintains consistency during a majority node failure, unlike Redis Cluster, which leads to data loss and inconsistencies. The scalability seemed promising with 3, 5, and 7 nodes; nevertheless, a storage constraint was encountered in the proposed system as the cluster size expanded.
Keywords
Linearizable Cache, Redis Cluster, Distributed Systems, Fault Tolerance, Performance Evaluation, Docker, Scalability, Consistency Guarantees, Latency, Benchmarking.
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Fengbin Sun, “Evaluating Performance and Fault Tolerance of a Linearizable Distributed Cache in Comparison to Redis Cluster”, Elaris Computing Nexus, pp. 032-040, 30 April 2025, doi: 10.XXXXX/ECN/2025004.
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