diff --git a/sentry/app.py b/sentry/app.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ccbee6cf52aa9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sentry/app.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+"""
+sentry.app
+~~~~~~~~~~
+
+:copyright: (c) 2010-2012 by the Sentry Team, see AUTHORS for more details.
+:license: BSD, see LICENSE for more details.
+"""
+
+from sentry.conf import settings
+from sentry.utils.imports import import_string
+
+
+def get_buffer(path, options):
+    cls = import_string(path)
+    return cls(**options)
+
+buffer = get_buffer(settings.BUFFER, settings.BUFFER_OPTIONS)
diff --git a/sentry/buffer/__init__.py b/sentry/buffer/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..342091849cb36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sentry/buffer/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+"""
+sentry.buffer
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+:copyright: (c) 2010-2012 by the Sentry Team, see AUTHORS for more details.
+:license: BSD, see LICENSE for more details.
+"""
+
+from .base import Buffer
diff --git a/sentry/buffer/base.py b/sentry/buffer/base.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..19b152e2c0ec1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sentry/buffer/base.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+"""
+sentry.buffer.base
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+:copyright: (c) 2010-2012 by the Sentry Team, see AUTHORS for more details.
+:license: BSD, see LICENSE for more details.
+"""
+
+from django.db.models import F
+from sentry.utils.queue import maybe_delay
+from sentry.tasks.process_buffer import process_incr
+
+
+class Buffer(object):
+    """
+    Buffers act as temporary stores for counters. The default implementation is just a passthru and
+    does not actually buffer anything.
+
+    A useful example might be a Redis buffer. Each time an event gets updated, we send several
+    add events which just store a key and increment its value. Additionally they fire off a task
+    to the queue. That task eventually runs and gets the current update value. If the value is
+    empty, it does nothing, otherwise it updates the row in the database.
+
+    This is useful in situations where a single event might be happening so fast that the queue cant
+    keep up with the updates.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, **options):
+        pass
+
+    def incr(self, model, columns, filters):
+        """
+        >>> incr(Group, columns={'times_seen': 1}, filters={'pk': group.pk})
+        """
+        maybe_delay(process_incr, model=model, columns=columns, filters=filters)
+
+    def process(self, model, columns, filters):
+        model.objects.filter(**filters).update(**dict((c, F(c) + v) for c, v in columns.iteritems()))
diff --git a/sentry/buffer/redis.py b/sentry/buffer/redis.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..348f52662fd58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sentry/buffer/redis.py
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+"""
+sentry.buffer.redis
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+:copyright: (c) 2010-2012 by the Sentry Team, see AUTHORS for more details.
+:license: BSD, see LICENSE for more details.
+"""
+
+from django.db import models
+from hashlib import md5
+from nydus.db import create_cluster
+from sentry.buffer import Buffer
+
+
+class RedisBuffer(Buffer):
+    def __init__(self, hosts=None, router=None, **options):
+        super(RedisBuffer, self).__init__(**options)
+        if hosts is None:
+            hosts = {
+                0: {}  # localhost / default
+            }
+        self.conn = create_cluster({
+            'engine': 'nydus.db.backends.redis.Redis',
+            'router': router,
+            'hosts': hosts,
+        })
+
+    def _map_column(self, model, column, value):
+        if isinstance(value, models.Model):
+            value = value.pk
+        else:
+            value = unicode(value)
+        return value
+
+    def _make_key(self, model, filters, column):
+        """
+        Returns a Redis-compatible key for the model given filters.
+        """
+        return '%s:%s:%s' % (model._meta,
+            md5('&'.join('%s=%s' % (k, self._map_column(model, k, v)) for k, v in sorted(filters.iteritems()))).hexdigest(),
+            column)
+
+    def incr(self, model, columns, filters):
+        with self.conn.map() as conn:
+            for column, amount in columns.iteritems():
+                conn.incr(self._make_key(model, filters, column), amount)
+        super(RedisBuffer, self).incr(model, columns, filters)
+
+    def process(self, model, columns, filters):
+        results = {}
+        with self.conn.map() as conn:
+            for column, amount in columns.iteritems():
+                results[column] = conn.getset(self._make_key(model, filters, column), 0)
+
+        results = dict((k, int(v)) for k, v in results.iteritems() if int(v or 0) > 0)
+        if not results:
+            return
+        super(RedisBuffer, self).process(model, results, filters)
diff --git a/sentry/conf/defaults.py b/sentry/conf/defaults.py
index 133c51a47733a..a0af69f89e5b1 100644
--- a/sentry/conf/defaults.py
+++ b/sentry/conf/defaults.py
@@ -157,4 +157,8 @@
 CACHE_BACKEND = 'dummy://'
 
 # The maximum number of events which can be requested as JSON
-MAX_JSON_RESULTS=1000
+MAX_JSON_RESULTS = 1000
+
+# Buffer backend to use
+BUFFER = 'sentry.buffer.Buffer'
+BUFFER_OPTIONS = {}
diff --git a/sentry/coreapi.py b/sentry/coreapi.py
index ea8c0e9b110fc..f737b922eec4f 100644
--- a/sentry/coreapi.py
+++ b/sentry/coreapi.py
@@ -20,11 +20,12 @@
 
 from sentry.conf import settings
 from sentry.exceptions import InvalidInterface, InvalidData, InvalidTimestamp
-from sentry.models import Group, Project, ProjectKey, TeamMember, Team
+from sentry.models import Project, ProjectKey, TeamMember, Team
 from sentry.plugins import plugins
 from sentry.tasks.store import store_event
 from sentry.utils import is_float, json
 from sentry.utils.auth import get_signature, parse_auth_header
+from sentry.utils.imports import import_string
 from sentry.utils.queue import maybe_delay
 
 logger = logging.getLogger('sentry.errors.coreapi')
@@ -306,7 +307,7 @@ def validate_data(project, data, client=None):
             raise InvalidInterface('%r is not a valid interface name' % k)
 
         try:
-            interface = Group.objects.module_cache[k]
+            interface = import_string(k)
         except (ImportError, AttributeError), e:
             raise InvalidInterface('%r is not a valid interface name: %s' % (k, e))
 
diff --git a/sentry/manager.py b/sentry/manager.py
index dfd339fcf4238..c175bd3884afa 100644
--- a/sentry/manager.py
+++ b/sentry/manager.py
@@ -283,17 +283,6 @@ def time_limit(silence):  # ~ 3600 per hour
     return settings.MAX_SAMPLE_TIME
 
 
-class ModuleProxyCache(dict):
-    def __missing__(self, key):
-        module, class_name = key.rsplit('.', 1)
-
-        handler = getattr(__import__(module, {}, {}, [class_name], -1), class_name)
-
-        self[key] = handler
-
-        return handler
-
-
 class ChartMixin(object):
     def get_chart_data(self, instance, max_days=90):
         if hasattr(instance, '_state'):
@@ -332,10 +321,6 @@ def get_chart_data(self, instance, max_days=90):
 class GroupManager(BaseManager, ChartMixin):
     use_for_related_fields = True
 
-    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        super(GroupManager, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
-        self.module_cache = ModuleProxyCache()
-
     @transaction.commit_on_success
     def from_kwargs(self, project, **kwargs):
         # TODO: this function is way too damn long and needs refactored
diff --git a/sentry/tasks/process_buffer.py b/sentry/tasks/process_buffer.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5c7628ecc7cbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sentry/tasks/process_buffer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+"""
+sentry.tasks.process_buffer
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+:copyright: (c) 2010-2012 by the Sentry Team, see AUTHORS for more details.
+:license: BSD, see LICENSE for more details.
+"""
+
+from celery.task import task
+
+
+@task(ignore_result=True)
+def process_incr(**kwargs):
+    """
+    Processes a buffer event.
+    """
+    from sentry.app import buffer
+
+    buffer.process(**kwargs)
diff --git a/sentry/utils/imports.py b/sentry/utils/imports.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d3950148296d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sentry/utils/imports.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+"""
+sentry.utils.imports
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+:copyright: (c) 2010-2012 by the Sentry Team, see AUTHORS for more details.
+:license: BSD, see LICENSE for more details.
+"""
+
+
+class ModuleProxyCache(dict):
+    def __missing__(self, key):
+        module, class_name = key.rsplit('.', 1)
+
+        handler = getattr(__import__(module, {}, {}, [class_name], -1), class_name)
+
+        self[key] = handler
+
+        return handler
+
+_cache = ModuleProxyCache()
+
+
+def import_string(path):
+    """
+    Path must be module.path.ClassName
+
+    >>> cls = import_string('sentry.models.Group')
+    """
+    return _cache[path]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f09719a019f26..f0286ba6f3e38 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -34,12 +34,15 @@
     pass
 
 tests_require = [
-    'nose==1.1.2',
     'django-nose==0.1.3',
-    'mock==0.8.0',
     'eventlet==0.9.16',
+    'nose==1.1.2',
+    'nydus==0.8.1',
+    'mock==0.8.0',
+    'redis',
 ]
 
+
 install_requires = [
     'cssutils>=0.9.9',
     'BeautifulSoup>=3.2.1',
diff --git a/tests/middleware.py b/tests/middleware.py
index 7469f78c675cf..629a837f99624 100644
--- a/tests/middleware.py
+++ b/tests/middleware.py
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@ class BrokenRequestMiddleware(object):
     def process_request(self, request):
         raise ImportError('request')
 
+
 class BrokenResponseMiddleware(object):
     def process_response(self, request, response):
         raise ImportError('response')
 
+
 class BrokenViewMiddleware(object):
     def process_view(self, request, func, args, kwargs):
-        raise ImportError('view')
\ No newline at end of file
+        raise ImportError('view')
diff --git a/tests/sentry/app/__init__.py b/tests/sentry/app/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d
diff --git a/tests/sentry/app/tests.py b/tests/sentry/app/tests.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..345504b4913be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/sentry/app/tests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+from sentry import app
+from tests.base import TestCase
+
+
+class AppTest(TestCase):
+    def test_buffer_is_a_buffer(self):
+        from sentry.buffer.base import Buffer
+        self.assertEquals(type(app.buffer), Buffer)
diff --git a/tests/sentry/buffer/__init__.py b/tests/sentry/buffer/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d
diff --git a/tests/sentry/buffer/base/__init__.py b/tests/sentry/buffer/base/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d
diff --git a/tests/sentry/buffer/base/tests.py b/tests/sentry/buffer/base/tests.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..398b1901af651
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/sentry/buffer/base/tests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+import mock
+
+from sentry.buffer.base import Buffer
+from sentry.models import Group, Project
+from sentry.tasks.process_buffer import process_incr
+from tests.base import TestCase
+
+
+class BufferTest(TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.buf = Buffer()
+
+    @mock.patch('sentry.buffer.base.maybe_delay')
+    def test_incr_delays_task(self, maybe_delay):
+        model = mock.Mock()
+        columns = {'times_seen': 1}
+        filters = {'pk': 1}
+        self.buf.incr(model, columns, filters)
+        maybe_delay.assert_called_once_with(process_incr, model=model, columns=columns, filters=filters)
+
+    def test_process_saves_data(self):
+        group = Group.objects.create(project=Project(id=1))
+        columns = {'times_seen': 1}
+        filters = {'pk': group.pk}
+        self.buf.process(Group, columns, filters)
+        self.assertEquals(Group.objects.get(pk=group.pk).times_seen, group.times_seen + 1)
diff --git a/tests/sentry/buffer/redis/__init__.py b/tests/sentry/buffer/redis/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d
diff --git a/tests/sentry/buffer/redis/tests.py b/tests/sentry/buffer/redis/tests.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..22f1954e535da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/sentry/buffer/redis/tests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+import mock
+
+from sentry.buffer.redis import RedisBuffer
+from sentry.models import Group, Project
+from sentry.tasks.process_buffer import process_incr
+from tests.base import TestCase
+
+
+class RedisBufferTest(TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.buf = RedisBuffer(hosts={
+            0: {'db': 9}
+        })
+        self.buf.conn.flushdb()
+
+    def test_map_column_handles_foreignkeys(self):
+        self.assertEquals(self.buf._map_column(Group, 'project', Project(id=1)), 1)
+
+    def test_make_key_response(self):
+        column = 'times_seen'
+        filters = {'pk': 1}
+        self.assertEquals(self.buf._make_key(Group, filters, column), 'sentry.group:88b48b31b5f100719c64316596b10b0f:times_seen')
+
+    @mock.patch('sentry.buffer.redis.RedisBuffer._make_key', mock.Mock(return_value='foo'))
+    @mock.patch('sentry.buffer.base.maybe_delay')
+    def test_incr_delays_task(self, maybe_delay):
+        model = mock.Mock()
+        columns = {'times_seen': 1}
+        filters = {'pk': 1}
+        self.buf.incr(model, columns, filters)
+        maybe_delay.assert_called_once_with(process_incr, model=model, columns=columns, filters=filters)
+
+    @mock.patch('sentry.buffer.redis.RedisBuffer._make_key', mock.Mock(return_value='foo'))
+    @mock.patch('sentry.buffer.base.maybe_delay', mock.Mock())
+    def test_incr_does_buffer_to_conn(self):
+        model = mock.Mock()
+        columns = {'times_seen': 1}
+        filters = {'pk': 1}
+        self.buf.incr(model, columns, filters)
+        self.assertEquals(self.buf.conn.get('foo'), '1')
+
+    @mock.patch('sentry.buffer.redis.RedisBuffer._make_key', mock.Mock(return_value='foo'))
+    @mock.patch('sentry.buffer.base.Buffer.process')
+    def test_process_does_not_save_empty_results(self, process):
+        group = Group.objects.create(project=Project(id=1))
+        columns = {'times_seen': 1}
+        filters = {'pk': group.pk}
+        self.buf.process(Group, columns, filters)
+        self.assertFalse(process.called)
+
+    @mock.patch('sentry.buffer.redis.RedisBuffer._make_key', mock.Mock(return_value='foo'))
+    @mock.patch('sentry.buffer.base.Buffer.process')
+    def test_process_does_save_call_with_results(self, process):
+        group = Group.objects.create(project=Project(id=1))
+        columns = {'times_seen': 1}
+        filters = {'pk': group.pk}
+        self.buf.conn.set('foo', 2)
+        self.buf.process(Group, columns, filters)
+        process.assert_called_once_with(Group, {'times_seen': 2}, filters)
+
+    @mock.patch('sentry.buffer.redis.RedisBuffer._make_key', mock.Mock(return_value='foo'))
+    @mock.patch('sentry.buffer.base.Buffer.process')
+    def test_process_does_clear_buffer(self, process):
+        group = Group.objects.create(project=Project(id=1))
+        columns = {'times_seen': 1}
+        filters = {'pk': group.pk}
+        self.buf.conn.set('foo', 2)
+        self.buf.process(Group, columns, filters)
+        self.assertEquals(self.buf.conn.get('foo'), '0')