Redis Cluster mutli-key command optimisation with hash tags

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Python dependencies

redis-py-cluster

Redis cluster setup

Setup a twelve node (six master / six slave) Redis cluster

./setup-redis-cluster.sh

Running the benchmarks

Measure the number of commands issued and crude execution time when inserting keys with SET commands

./measure.sh set.py

Measure the number of commands issued and crude execution time when inserting keys using hash tags and MSET commands

./measure.sh mset.py

Measure the number of commands issued and crude execution time when calculating Germany's population by fetching its cities' populations using GET commands

./measure.sh get.py

Measure the number of commands issued and crude execution time when calculating Germany's population by fetching its cities' populations using hash tags and one MGET command

./measure.sh mget.py

Links

worldcities.csv data from the World Cities Database