# Redis connection timed out

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/redis-connection-timed-out/76348>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [December 18, 2017, 8:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redis-connection-timed-out/76348 "2017-12-18T20:58:44Z")\
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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:** [December 18, 2017, 10:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redis-connection-timed-out/76348/2 "2017-12-18T22:06:23Z")

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> [@pfaffman](#):
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> I’m going to try doubling db\_shared\_buffers next. Edit: but that didn’t help either.

Those are for PostgreSQL, not redis.

Is this site high traffic? What is the value of redis size and ops per second during load?

I found a self hosted site failing hard to keep up because of redis persistence process, and tweaking it made everything smooth again.

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