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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughChangesA new blog post introduces Valkey Benchmark Guide
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In `@content/blog/2026-08-15-what-is-valkey-benchmark/index.md`:
- Around line 63-66: Update the explanation following the valkey-benchmark
command to qualify the resulting key count as applying to an empty database,
note that existing keys may be overwritten, and instruct readers to verify the
actual count with DBSIZE.
- Line 25: Update the command-only code block in the blog content to remove the
shell prompt prefix, leaving valkey-benchmark as the standalone command without
adding output.
- Around line 134-136: Update the cluster-mode example in the benchmark
documentation to include a small command demonstrating --cluster with -c set to
at least the cluster node count, a custom key containing {tag} such as
key-{tag}, and --rfr yes. Use a read command so replica reads are valid, and
ensure the example is directly actionable.
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Good start! Two big callouts:
- Cover latency
- Work on your summary and CTA.
Update the blog with initial feedback, also refactored a bunch of paragraphs to flow more naturally. Signed-off-by: Dragos Andriciuc <andriciucdragos@protonmail.com>
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In `@content/blog/2026-08-15-what-is-valkey-benchmark/index.md`:
- Line 44: Update the wording in the benchmark explanation so the phrase reads
“real-life production environments,” preserving the surrounding sentence and
meaning.
- Line 90: Update the sentence near the discussion of larger values to say
“network bandwidth usage” instead of “network bandwidth,” while preserving the
surrounding meaning and grammar.
- Around line 155-160: Add a fixed --seed value to the valkey-benchmark starting
command so repeated runs select the same random keys and remain reproducible.
- Line 54: Replace the malformed opening sentence in the benchmark article with
the clear statement that the golden rule of a useful benchmark is to compare
apples to apples, while preserving the subsequent explanation about comparing
Valkey versions or options.
- Around line 157-160: Remove the trailing -q option from the benchmark command
in the article so the combined SET/GET example displays throughput and latency
percentile output consistently with the documented defaults.
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- provided a hook after realistic payload transmissions, mentioning the 10/100/1000 byte payloads having the same throughput - in pipelining, mentioned the trade off of the throughput and mentioned per-request latency rising as well. - update CTA with a note for the new q arg and a clearer ending Signed-off-by: Dragos Andriciuc <andriciucdragos@protonmail.com>
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| valkey-benchmark --cluster -c 6 -n 100000 --rfr yes get key-{tag} |
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The documented replica-read command does not start a benchmark against a healthy six-node cluster. A cluster with three primaries, three replicas, all 16,384 slots assigned, and cluster_state:ok caused the equivalent command to exit with Failed to fetch cluster configuration from 127.0.0.1:17000; retrying with RESP3 produced the same result. Readers following this example receive an error instead of a replica-read benchmark. Publish a cluster invocation verified on a supported Valkey version, or document the compatibility constraint needed for it to work.
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Six-node cluster benchmark validation script
- Creates a local three-primary, three-replica Valkey cluster and invokes the RESP3 retry of the documented replica-read benchmark command, takeaway.
RESP3 cluster benchmark failure output
- Shows the exact executed command, `cluster_state:ok`, complete slot coverage, exit code 1, and failed benchmark cluster discovery, takeaway.
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Creating a cluster to test configuration now.
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In `@content/blog/2026-08-15-what-is-valkey-benchmark/index.md`:
- Around line 88-90: Qualify both Ethernet packet-size throughput statements in
the article, including the corresponding occurrence near the later referenced
location, so the 10-, 100-, and 1000-byte comparison and its breakdown near 1500
bytes apply specifically to clients accessing Valkey over Ethernet, not loopback
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| However, the payload size often does not matter until you cross a certain threshold once you're pipelining because 10-byte, 100-byte, and 1000-byte payloads all produce roughly the same throughput under pipelining, with the effect breaking down once payloads approach the ethernet packet size (~1500 bytes). | ||
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| These larger values not only affect memory consumption, but also increase network bandwidth usage requiring more memory to copy and allocate, which expose more performance characteristics than the default payloads. |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Qualify the Ethernet-specific throughput claim.
The 10-, 100-, and 1000-byte comparison applies when the client accesses Valkey through an Ethernet network. It does not describe every pipelined deployment, such as loopback or Unix socket benchmarks. Add this condition in both locations. (valkey.io)
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In `@content/blog/2026-08-15-what-is-valkey-benchmark/index.md` around lines 88 -
90, Qualify both Ethernet packet-size throughput statements in the article,
including the corresponding occurrence near the later referenced location, so
the 10-, 100-, and 1000-byte comparison and its breakdown near 1500 bytes apply
specifically to clients accessing Valkey over Ethernet, not loopback or Unix
socket deployments.
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This PR is a blog post that describes valkey's benchmarking tool. It provides a how to, going through 3 levers that the user can use to benchmark valkey on their system.
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