Analyzing Big Keys and Hot Keys

By performing big key analysis and hot key analysis, you will have a picture of keys that occupy a large space and keys that are the most frequently accessed.

Notes on big key analysis:

All DCS Redis instances support big key analysis.
During big key analysis, all keys will be traversed. The larger the number of keys, the longer the analysis takes.
Perform big key analysis during off-peak hours and avoid automatic backup periods.
For a master/standby or cluster instance, the big key analysis is performed on the standby node, so the impact on the instance is minor. For a single-node instance, the big key analysis is performed on the only node of the instance and will reduce the instance access performance by up to 10%. Therefore, perform big key analysis on single-node instances during off-peak hours.
A maximum of 100 big key analysis records (20 for Strings; 80 for Lists/Sets/Zsets/Hashes and max. 20 for each type) are retained for each instance. When this limit is reached, the oldest records will be deleted to make room for new records. You can also manually delete records you no longer need.

Notes on hot key analysis:

Supported only by DCS Redis 4.0 and later instances, and the maxmemory-policy parameter of the instances must be set to allkeys-lfu or volatile-lfu.
During hot key analysis, all keys will be traversed. The larger the number of keys, the longer the analysis takes.
Perform hot key analysis shortly after peak hours to ensure the accuracy of the analysis results.
The hot key analysis is performed on the master node of each instance and will reduce the instance access performance by up to 10%.
A maximum of 100 hot key analysis records are retained for each instance. When this limit is reached, the oldest records will be deleted to make room for new records. You can also manually delete records you no longer need.

Perform big key and hot key analysis during off-peak hours to avoid 100% CPU usage.

Big Key Analysis Procedure

Log in to the DCS console.
Click in the upper left corner and select a region and a project.
In the navigation pane, choose Cache Manager.
Click the name of a DCS Redis instance.
Choose Analysis and Diagnosis > Cache Analysis.
On the Big Key Analysis tab page, manually perform big key analysis or schedule daily automatic analysis.

After an analysis task completes, click View to view the analysis results.

You can view the analysis results of different data types.

A maximum of 20 big key analysis records are retained for Strings and 80 are retained for Lists, Sets, Zsets, and Hashes.

**Table 1** Results of big key analysis
Parameter	Description
Key	Name of a big key.
Type	Type of a big key, which can be string, list, set, zset, or hash.
Size	Size or number of elements of a big key.
Shard	Shard where the big key of the cluster instance is located.
Database	Database where a big key is located.

Hot Key Analysis Procedure

Log in to the DCS console.
Click in the upper left corner and select a region and a project.
In the navigation pane, choose Cache Manager.
Click the name of a DCS Redis instance.
Choose Analysis and Diagnosis > Cache Analysis.
On the Hot Key Analysis tab page, manually perform hot key analysis or schedule daily automatic analysis.

If hot key analysis cannot be performed, set maxmemory-policy to allkeys-lfu or volatile-lfu. If this parameter has already been set to allkeys-lfu or volatile-lfu, perform hot key analysis right away.

After an analysis task completes, click View to view the analysis results.

The hot key analysis results are displayed.

The console displays a maximum of 100 hot key analysis records for each instance.

**Table 2** Results of hot key analysis
Parameter	Description
Key	Name of a hot key.
Type	Type of a hot key, which can be string, hash, list, set, or sorted set.
Size	Size of the hot key value.
FREQ	Reflects the access frequency of a key within a specific period of time. FREQ is the logarithmic access frequency counter. The maximum value of FREQ is 255, which indicates 1 million access requests. After FREQ reaches 255, it will no longer increment even if access requests continue to increase. FREQ will decrement by 1 for every minute during which the key is not accessed.
Shard	Shard where the hot key of the cluster instance is located.
DataBase	Database where a hot key is located.