pagodabox/magento-install-optimized — pull request #4 by createdbypete (2012-08-03 14:43:34+00:00)
Title: Redis cache upgrade

Upgraded Redis cache modules from @colinmollenhour. This includes the credis library.

Redis backend cache module was simply upgraded with latest code release.

Redis Session was a bigger improvement, it no longer requires core files alteration, module instead overrides session_save config option. local.xml has been updated to account for this and the new options required.

Boxfile has been updated to include the cron job for Magento running at 15 minute intervals, the ideal is 5 minute but Pagoda's minimum is 15 so that has been respected. It also spawns a new Redis cache instance for the session, this is a recommendation from @colinmollenhour to ensure enough resource is available, cache wipes are isolated and allows Pagoda user finer control over memory settings.

Would be interesting to run some benchmarks for this.