Redis docs: https://redis.io/topics/lru-cache

OS: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

When you need to use redis for cache and non-cache entries (e.g., ActionCable, Sidekiq…), the recommended approach is to create a separate redis instance. However, if you want a simpler setup, or just can’t get another instance for reasons, there is an option to use the same redis instance for multiple uses.

We need to make sure that Redis will not evict our important data (e.g., Sidekiq), while at the same time evicting old cache entries. We could use any of the volatile eviction policies:

• volatile-lru – remove least recently used keys where expiry is set
• volatile-random – removes keys at random where expiry is set
• volatile-ttl – evict keys with an expire set, and try to evict keys with a shorter time to live (TTL) first
• volatile-lfu (starting with Redis 4.0) – evict using approximated LFU among the keys with an expire set.

To set up the eviction policy on your redis instance, edit your /etc/systemd/system/redis.conf and set these parameters:

maxmemory 100mb
maxmemory-policy volatile-lfu

Then in your Rails config update your store to use redis cache store, if not using already:

  config.cache_store = :redis_cache_store, {
    url: ENV.fetch('REDIS_URL', 'redis://localhost:6379'),
    expires_in: 24.hours
  }