# Implementing distributed user counters

**URL:** <https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/implementing-distributed-user-counters/71270>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** distributed, phoenixtracker, pheonix-presence\
**Created:** [June 13, 2025, 8:02am UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/implementing-distributed-user-counters/71270 "2025-06-13T08:02:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![LostKobrakai](https://forum.elixirforum.com/user_avatar/forum.elixirforum.com/lostkobrakai/32/3072_2.png) [@LostKobrakai](https://forum.elixirforum.com/u/LostKobrakai)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 1:31pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/implementing-distributed-user-counters/71270/9 "2025-06-13T13:31:57Z")

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> [@Phxie](#):
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> I should also add, one of the reasons I’m pushing Redis so hard is that I was desgning something with ETS/Genservers a year or so ago for a couple of week before I hit a wall and finally tried Redis. Redis made everything 10x easier for me.

The big change here is not GenServer vs. Redis though. It’s centralized storage of data (CP) vs. distributed storage of data (eventual consistency / AP)

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