Throughput-optimizing Redis for L2 KV Cache Reuse

Redis has been integrated into LMCache's L2 KV cache to optimize throughput and latency for large language model (LLM) inference, enabling faster and more cost-effective responses. Redis was chosen for its cross-cloud portability and widespread adoption, though its typical use as a cache for small metadata differs from the KV cache workload, demanding optimization for tail latency and throughput in GB/s rather than traditional metrics like ops/s. Optimizations were divided into phases: enhancing a standalone Python client to achieve 5 GB/s by eliminating user-space copies and exploiting workload invariants, integrating a C++ client core to further boost throughput to 10 GB/s by minimizing the Global Interpreter Lock's impact, and tuning cloud deployments to mitigate network losses. These efforts resulted in significant performance improvements, with end-to-end inference showing a 34.6% reduction in mean time to first token and a 40.3% reduction in total round time compared to baselines without prefix caching. The collaboration between Tensormesh and Redis aims to develop high-performance clients and integrations, enhancing scalability and responsiveness for KV cache workloads in production settings.

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