# Skip Redis Version Check

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/skip-redis-version-check/218480>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [February 16, 2022, 11:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/skip-redis-version-check/218480 "2022-02-16T23:03:05Z")\
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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:** [February 17, 2022, 3:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/skip-redis-version-check/218480/5 "2022-02-17T03:05:56Z")

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We are using a new Redis command that is only available on Redis \>= 6.2.0. We ship that Redis version in our base image for 11 months, and it’s also available on AWS Elasticache service, or as the [official Redis docker image](https://hub.docker.com/_/redis).

The change was made so we can get better performance in high traffic situations, where Redis becomes a bottleneck for some large Discourse instances.

That said, we are discussing internally if that is too aggressive of a requirement and may revert that performance patch to accommodate sites stuck on an old version.

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