https://www.linuxhosted.com/tags/open-source/Recent content in Open-Source on LinuxHosted.comHugo -- gohugo.ioenLinuxHosted.comMon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.linuxhosted.com/post/valkey-vs-redis-caching-linux-vps/Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.linuxhosted.com/post/valkey-vs-redis-caching-linux-vps/ <p>A caching layer is one of those pieces of a VPS stack that people install once and stop thinking about — until the license under which it ships changes and suddenly matters again. That's exactly what happened with <strong><a href="https://redis.io/">Redis</a></strong>, and it's why anyone provisioning a new Linux VPS for a session store, a queue backend, or a query cache now has a real decision to make instead of a default. This guide covers what actually changed, what <strong><a href="https://valkey.io/">Valkey</a></strong> is, and how to decide which one belongs on your server.</p>