As projects scale, so does your infra. Redis dict is the right choice since the fundamental blocks of redis dict are get and set, which perfectly positions it to leverage the horizontal scalability of Redis Cluster. By distributing dictionary entries as independent key-value pairs across cluster nodes, RedisDict ensures optimal resource utilization and avoids performance bottlenecks as your data grows, making it the ideal dictionary solution for robust, large-scale applications built on Redis Cluster.
Redis Cluster achieves horizontal scalability through hash-based sharding, dividing the keyspace into slots and distributing these slots across multiple Redis nodes. When a RedisDict, built on GET and SET, is deployed within a cluster, each dictionary entry effectively becomes an independent Redis key. This is crucial because Redis Cluster's scaling mechanism operates at the key level. As RedisDict uses GET and SET to manage these individual keys, the cluster automatically distributes these keys – and thus the dictionary's entries – across its nodes. This distribution ensures that as the dictionary grows, the workload is spread across the cluster, enabling horizontal scaling and preventing any single node from becoming a bottleneck.