private bool ConnectToRedis() { var redisDB = MasterServerSettings.Default.RedisDB.Trim(); if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(redisDB)) { log.InfoFormat("Application {0}/{1} starts without Redis", this.ApplicationId, this.Version); return false; } PooledRedisClientManager manager = null; try { manager = new PooledRedisClientManager(redisDB); using (var client = manager.GetDisposableClient<RedisClient>()) { client.Client.Ping(); } this.redisManager = manager; } catch (Exception e) { if (manager != null) { manager.Dispose(); } log.WarnFormat("Exception through connection to redis at '{0}'. Will continue without Redis", redisDB); log.WarnFormat("Exception: {0}", e); return false; } return true; }