Redis Observability

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name: redis-observability
description: Redis observability guidance — which metrics to monitor (memory, connections, hit ratio, ops/sec, rejected connections), which built-in commands to reach for during incident triage (SLOWLOG, INFO, MEMORY DOCTOR, CLIENT LIST, FT.PROFILE), and when to use the Redis Insight GUI. Use when setting up monitoring or alerts for a Redis instance, diagnosing a performance regression, profiling a slow FT.SEARCH query, or wiring Redis metrics into Prometheus, Datadog, or similar.
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: Redis, Inc.
  version: "0.1.0"
---

# Redis Observability

What to watch, what to run, and what to alert on. Covers the metrics every Redis deployment should monitor and the built-in commands for ad-hoc diagnosis.

## When to apply

- Setting up monitoring or alerts for a Redis instance.
- Diagnosing a Redis performance regression (high latency, memory pressure, connection storms).
- Profiling a slow `FT.SEARCH` or pipeline.
- Wiring Redis metrics into Prometheus, Datadog, CloudWatch, or similar.

## 1. Monitor these metrics

These come from `INFO` and should be exported to your monitoring system.

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