Shepherd Advanced Notes

Dec 21, 2023 · Backend Development

Is Redis Single‑Threaded or Multi‑Threaded? A Deep Technical Dive

Redis processes core command operations in a single thread but incorporates multithreaded components for asynchronous tasks and network I/O, using an event‑driven epoll model and optional I/O threads introduced in v6.0 to boost performance on multi‑core systems.