switch to io-redis to be able to work with redis-sentinel

[Loki-Afro]

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[Loki-Afro]

i'm / we are happy to create a pr @dmonad would you be okay with that?

[Loki-Afro]

hey @dmonad we replaced node-redis with io-redis in order to get it work with redis sentinel or valkey for that matter.

we would be happy to create a pr with this along some other changes (probably in separate prs)

you can have a look here: https://github.com/hpi-schul-cloud/y-redis/tree/io-redis

[dmonad]

Both projects are now owned by Redis. I suspect that ioredis will eventually phase out of existence, so I want to stick with node-redis for now.

I hear that node-redis has a branch / beta release that supports sentinel. So support will land eventually.

[Loki-Afro]

@dmonad true, we think that as well, but it took them ages, and based on that speed it will take even longer ;)