Garnet 1.0: Microsoft Unleashes A Redis Alternative with Full-Fledged Open Source Cache System, Highlighting Unprecedented High Speed

Microsoft Research has unveiled the Garnet project, a high-performance caching system utilizing the RESP protocol from Redis, enabling seamless client connectivity to the Garnet server. The Garnet development team has demonstrated multiple research projects showcasing efficient cache system designs. The primary structure consists of two sets: one for storing string data and another for more complex data types such as Set, Hash, List, or Geo. The TLS connection and storage retrieval are optimized to prevent thread switching during operations, reducing overhead.

Garnet outperforms Redis 7.2, KeyDB, and even Dragonfly, particularly in scenarios involving large batch commands with significantly lower latency.
Source: GitHub – microsoft/gernet

Performance evaluation of Garnet in standard data GET scenarios.

TLDR: Microsoft Research introduces Garnet, a high-performance cache system using Redis’ RESP protocol, surpassing other caching systems in efficiency and latency.