diff --git a/Containers/nextcloud/config/redis.config.php b/Containers/nextcloud/config/redis.config.php
index 12b5a64b..94bedcf5 100644
--- a/Containers/nextcloud/config/redis.config.php
+++ b/Containers/nextcloud/config/redis.config.php
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ if (getenv('REDIS_MODE') !== 'rediscluster') {
 
   if (getenv('REDIS_HOST')) {
     $CONFIG['redis']['host'] = (string) getenv('REDIS_HOST');
+    $CONFIG['redis']['timeout'] = 1.5;
+    $CONFIG['redis']['read_timeout'] = 1.5;
   }
 
   if (getenv('REDIS_HOST_PASSWORD')) {
diff --git a/Containers/redis/start.sh b/Containers/redis/start.sh
index 69764c1a..5454e468 100644
--- a/Containers/redis/start.sh
+++ b/Containers/redis/start.sh
@@ -6,12 +6,31 @@ if [ "$(sysctl -n vm.overcommit_memory)" != "1" ]; then
     echo "See https://github.com/nextcloud/all-in-one/discussions/1731 how to enable overcommit"
 fi
 
-# Run redis with a password if provided
-echo "Redis has started"
-if [ -n "$REDIS_HOST_PASSWORD" ]; then
-    exec redis-server --requirepass "$REDIS_HOST_PASSWORD" --loglevel warning
-else
-    exec redis-server --loglevel warning
+# Warn if Transparent Huge Pages are enabled (causes latency spikes)
+if [ -f /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/enabled ]; then
+    if grep -q '\[always\]' /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/enabled; then
+        echo "WARNING: Transparent Huge Pages (THP) are enabled. This can cause latency and memory issues with Redis."
+        echo "Consider disabling THP by running: echo never > /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/enabled"
+    fi
 fi
 
-exec "$@"
+# Build the redis-server argument list.
+REDIS_ARGS=(
+    --loglevel warning
+    --save "" # Disable RDB persistence (Redis is used as a pure cache/lock store)
+    --maxmemory-policy allkeys-lru # Evict least-recently-used keys when memory is full
+    --lazyfree-lazy-eviction yes # Perform evictions in a background thread
+    --lazyfree-lazy-expire yes # Expire keys in a background thread
+    --lazyfree-lazy-server-del yes # DEL/UNLINK in background thread
+    --replica-lazy-flush yes # Flush replica dataset in background thread
+    --activedefrag yes # Reclaim fragmented memory without restart
+    --hz 15 # Run background tasks 15×/s (default 10) for faster key expiry
+)
+
+if [ -n "$REDIS_HOST_PASSWORD" ]; then
+    REDIS_ARGS+=(--requirepass "$REDIS_HOST_PASSWORD")
+fi
+
+# Run redis with a password if provided
+echo "Redis has started"
+exec redis-server "${REDIS_ARGS[@]}"