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Tair (Redis® OSS-Compatible):Data migration

Last Updated:Aug 22, 2025

Using Data Transmission Service (DTS), Tair (Redis OSS-compatible) provides multiple data migration solutions for various business scenarios. These solutions include migrating data from a self-managed Redis database to the cloud, between Tair (Redis OSS-compatible) instances, and from other cloud providers' Redis services to Alibaba Cloud.

About DTS

DTS is a real-time data streaming service from Alibaba Cloud. It combines data migration, subscription, and synchronization to provide a stable and secure transmission link. DTS supports full and incremental data migration. This lets you migrate data with minimal service downtime and reduces the impact on your business.

Supported source databases

Supported destination databases

Supported architectures

Supported migration types

  • Self-managed Redis 7.2 and earlier

  • Redis Open-Source Edition 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, and 7.0

  • Tair (Enterprise Edition)

  • Redis Open-Source Edition 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, and 7.0

  • Tair (Enterprise Edition)

  • Full data migration

  • Incremental data migration

Permissions

DTS requires different permissions for different migration scenarios. Before you configure data migration, you must set up the required permissions for the source and destination databases based on your scenario.

Note

For more information about how to create an account with the required permissions for a Tair (Redis OSS-compatible) instance, see Create and manage accounts.

Migration scenario

Source database permissions

Destination database permissions

  • Synchronize data between instances that belong to the same Alibaba Cloud account

  • Synchronize data from an Alibaba Cloud instance to a self-managed database

Read permission

Read and write permissions

  • Migrate data from a self-managed database to Alibaba Cloud

  • Migrate data between self-managed databases

Permission to run the SYNC or PSYNC command

Read and write permissions

Data migration solutions

Scenario

Configuration examples

Migrate data from a self-managed database to Tair (Redis OSS-compatible)

Migrate data between Tair (Redis OSS-compatible) instances