Valkey 9.1 Delivers More Performance & Enhanced Security
Valkey 9.1 has been released, offering significant performance improvements and enhanced security features. The new version can handle 2.1 million requests per second and introduces several optimizations, including a new I/O threading model. Additionally, it enhances security with improved access control and TLS integration.
- ▪Valkey 9.1 can achieve 2.1 million requests per second with 512-byte payloads.
- ▪The release includes a new I/O threading model and faster streaming operations.
- ▪Valkey 9.1 improves security with numbered database-level access control and better TLS integration.
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Valkey 9.1 Delivers More Performance & Enhanced Security Written by Michael Larabel in Free Software on 20 May 2026 at 06:04 AM EDT. Add A Comment Valkey 9.1 released on Tuesday as the latest version of this popular fork of the Redis in-memory, key-value database. On the performance front, Valkey 9.1 is reportedly able to achieve 2.1 million requests per second using 512-byte payloads. Valkey 9.1 ships a new I/O threading model, faster streaming operations, higher throughput with GET commands, faster sorted set queries, enabling the hardware clock by default, and other optimizations. Valkey 9.1 improves security with numbered database-level access control, shifting the Lua scripting engine support into its own module, improving TLS integration, and more.
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