At the default threshold
A hash near 128 fields, showing the cost either side of the cliff
type: hash keys: 1000000 elements: 100 value-bytes: 32
Redis Encoding Threshold Calculator
See where the encoding flips and what it costs. This is the page that explains why a dataset grew sharply with no code change.
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Wanted a different tool?
- Redis Memory Calculator if you want the memory total rather than the threshold itself, because that applies this cliff across a whole keyspace.
Examples
Real input you can load into the tool above. Each one shows a different thing going wrong, because that is what the tool is for.
Already past it
A collection that is already using the pointer-based encoding
type: hash keys: 1000000 elements: 500 value-bytes: 32
Common mistakes
These are the ones that fail silently. The config is accepted, nothing raises an error, and the consequence arrives later.
Raising the threshold without understanding the trade
A listpack is a flat array, so lookups within it are linear. Raising the limit to 5000 saves memory and makes every field access scan.
Instead:Raise it modestly, and only where the collection is read whole rather than by field.
Assuming the threshold applies to the value only
Both hash-max-listpack-entries and hash-max-listpack-value apply. One long field name or value converts the whole key.
Instead:Check both. A single outlier converts the key permanently.
Expecting the encoding to convert back
Redis never converts a collection back to the compact encoding, even after elements are removed.
Instead:The conversion is one way. Only recreating the key restores it.
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