# Is secure storage for Redis necessary?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-secure-storage-for-redis-necessary/234701
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [August 1, 2022, 4:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-secure-storage-for-redis-necessary/234701 "2022-08-01T16:46:48Z")
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### Author: ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-secure-storage-for-redis-necessary/234701/2 "2022-08-01T17:00:52Z")

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I covered it here: [More details on how the Redis cache is utilized? - #2 by Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/t/more-details-on-how-the-redis-cache-is-utilized/203678/2)

Redis is used for:

- cache

- background job queue

- persistent connections backlog and pub/sub

I’d go with a hosted service in GCP if I were in your shoes, provided they ship a recent enough version of Redis and don’t lag much behind. AWS does great in keeping up with new versions, while GCP / Azure can lag sometimes.

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