diff --git a/k8s-manifests/storedog-app/configmaps/postgres-config.yaml b/k8s-manifests/storedog-app/configmaps/postgres-config.yaml
index 4f1c9501..9a784077 100644
--- a/k8s-manifests/storedog-app/configmaps/postgres-config.yaml
+++ b/k8s-manifests/storedog-app/configmaps/postgres-config.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,43 @@ metadata:
   name: postgres-config
 data:
   postgresql.conf: |
+    # Connection Settings
     listen_addresses = '*'
-    max_connections = 200
-    shared_buffers = 128MB
-    dynamic_shared_memory_type = posix
+    max_connections = 300
+    
+    # Memory Configuration
+    shared_buffers = 256MB                    # Increased from default 128MB
+    effective_cache_size = 768MB              # 3/4 of available memory
+    work_mem = 8MB                           # Per-operation memory
+    maintenance_work_mem = 64MB              # For maintenance operations
+    
+    # Query Planner
+    random_page_cost = 1.5                   # SSD optimization
+    effective_io_concurrency = 200          # SSD optimization
+    seq_page_cost = 1.0
+    
+    # WAL Configuration
+    wal_buffers = 16MB
+    checkpoint_completion_target = 0.9
+    wal_writer_delay = 200ms
+    commit_delay = 1000                      # Microseconds
+    commit_siblings = 5
+    
+    # Connection Pooling Support
+    tcp_keepalives_idle = 300
+    tcp_keepalives_interval = 30
+    tcp_keepalives_count = 3
+    
+    # Query Optimization
+    log_min_duration_statement = 1000        # Log slow queries (>1s)
+    log_checkpoints = on
+    log_connections = on
+    log_disconnections = on
+    log_lock_waits = on
+    
+    # Performance Monitoring
+    shared_preload_libraries = 'pg_stat_statements'
+    pg_stat_statements.track = all
+    track_activity_query_size = 2048
+    track_counts = on
+    track_functions = all
diff --git a/k8s-manifests/storedog-app/configmaps/redis-config.yaml b/k8s-manifests/storedog-app/configmaps/redis-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b6e3cf0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/k8s-manifests/storedog-app/configmaps/redis-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: redis-config
+data:
+  redis.conf: |
+    # Network Configuration
+    bind 0.0.0.0
+    port 6379
+    tcp-backlog 1024
+    timeout 300
+    tcp-keepalive 300
+    
+    # Database Configuration - Support multiple databases for different cache types
+    databases 16
+    
+    # Memory Management - Optimized for caching workloads
+    maxmemory 400mb
+    maxmemory-policy allkeys-lru
+    maxmemory-samples 10
+    
+    # Connection Settings - Increased for heavy caching
+    maxclients 2000
+    
+    # Persistence Configuration - Balanced for cache data
+    save 900 1
+    save 300 10
+    save 60 10000
+    
+    # AOF Configuration - Optimized for cache performance
+    appendonly yes
+    appendfilename "appendonly.aof"
+    appendfsync everysec
+    no-appendfsync-on-rewrite yes
+    auto-aof-rewrite-percentage 100
+    auto-aof-rewrite-min-size 32mb
+    aof-rewrite-incremental-fsync yes
+    
+    # Performance Tuning for Caching Workloads
+    # Optimized for storing larger cache objects
+    hash-max-ziplist-entries 1024
+    hash-max-ziplist-value 1024
+    list-max-ziplist-size -1
+    list-compress-depth 1
+    set-max-intset-entries 1024
+    zset-max-ziplist-entries 256
+    zset-max-ziplist-value 128
+    
+    # HyperLogLog sparse representation
+    hll-sparse-max-bytes 3000
+    
+    # Stream configuration for real-time features
+    stream-node-max-bytes 4096
+    stream-node-max-entries 100
+    
+    # Lazy Freeing - Important for cache eviction performance
+    lazyfree-lazy-eviction yes
+    lazyfree-lazy-expire yes
+    lazyfree-lazy-server-del yes
+    replica-lazy-flush yes
+    
+    # Client Output Buffer Limits - Increased for cache responses
+    client-output-buffer-limit normal 32mb 16mb 60
+    client-output-buffer-limit replica 256mb 64mb 60
+    client-output-buffer-limit pubsub 32mb 8mb 60
+    
+    # Cache-Specific Optimizations
+    # Faster key expiration for cache cleanup
+    hz 50
+    
+    # Memory usage optimization
+    activerehashing yes
+    
+    # Replication and clustering (for future scaling)
+    replica-serve-stale-data yes
+    replica-read-only yes
+    
+    # Security - Basic protection
+    protected-mode no
+    
+    # Threading - Utilize available CPU
+    io-threads 2
+    io-threads-do-reads yes
+    
+    # Logging - Detailed for cache monitoring
+    loglevel notice
+    logfile ""
+    
+    # Slow log for cache performance monitoring
+    slowlog-log-slower-than 10000
+    slowlog-max-len 1000
+    
+    # Latency monitoring
+    latency-monitor-threshold 100 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/k8s-manifests/storedog-app/configmaps/shared-config.yaml b/k8s-manifests/storedog-app/configmaps/shared-config.yaml
index ff85e299..85b98da3 100644
--- a/k8s-manifests/storedog-app/configmaps/shared-config.yaml
+++ b/k8s-manifests/storedog-app/configmaps/shared-config.yaml
@@ -3,18 +3,59 @@ kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
   name: storedog-config
 data:
+  # Database Configuration
   POSTGRES_USER: postgres
   DB_HOST: postgres
   DB_PORT: "5432"
-  REDIS_URL: redis://redis:6379/0
-  RAILS_ENV: production
   DB_POOL: "25"
   MAX_THREADS: "5"
-  NEXT_PUBLIC_ADS_ROUTE: /services/ads
-  NEXT_PUBLIC_DISCOUNTS_ROUTE: /services/discounts
-  NEXT_PUBLIC_DBM_ROUTE: /services/dbm
-  NEXT_PUBLIC_FRONTEND_API_ROUTE: http://service-proxy:80
-  NEXT_PUBLIC_SPREE_API_HOST: http://service-proxy/services/backend
-  NEXT_PUBLIC_SPREE_CLIENT_HOST: /services/backend
-  NEXT_PUBLIC_SPREE_IMAGE_HOST: /services/backend
-  NEXT_PUBLIC_SPREE_ALLOWED_IMAGE_DOMAIN: service-proxy
+  
+  # Redis Configuration
+  REDIS_URL: redis://redis:6379/0
+  
+  # Rails Environment
+  RAILS_ENV: production # production mode with debug logging enabled
+  
+  # ======== REDIS CACHING CONFIGURATION ========
+  
+  # 1. Rails Cache Store - Use Redis for all Rails caching
+  RAILS_CACHE_STORE: "redis_cache_store"
+  CACHE_REDIS_URL: "redis://redis:6379/1"  # Use database 1 for caching
+  
+  # 2. Session Store - Store user sessions in Redis
+  SESSION_STORE: "redis_store"
+  SESSION_REDIS_URL: "redis://redis:6379/2"  # Use database 2 for sessions
+  SESSION_EXPIRE_AFTER: "7200"  # 2 hours
+  
+  # 3. Fragment Caching - Enable aggressive fragment caching
+  RAILS_CACHE_FRAGMENT: "true"
+  CACHE_DEFAULT_EXPIRES_IN: "3600"  # 1 hour default
+  CACHE_PRODUCT_EXPIRES_IN: "1800"  # 30 minutes for products
+  CACHE_CATEGORY_EXPIRES_IN: "7200"  # 2 hours for categories
+  
+  # 4. Query Result Caching
+  RAILS_CACHE_QUERIES: "true"
+  CACHE_QUERY_EXPIRES_IN: "900"  # 15 minutes for query results
+  
+  # 5. Action Caching
+  RAILS_CACHE_ACTIONS: "true"
+  CACHE_ACTION_EXPIRES_IN: "1800"  # 30 minutes for action caching
+  
+  # 6. Page Caching (for static-like content)
+  RAILS_CACHE_PAGES: "true"
+  CACHE_PAGE_EXPIRES_IN: "3600"  # 1 hour for page caching
+  
+  # 7. HTTP Caching Headers
+  RAILS_STATIC_CACHE_CONTROL: "public, max-age=31536000"  # 1 year for assets
+  RAILS_CACHE_CONTROL: "public, max-age=3600"  # 1 hour for dynamic content
+  
+  # 8. Redis Cache Optimization
+  CACHE_REDIS_POOL_SIZE: "25"
+  CACHE_REDIS_POOL_TIMEOUT: "5"
+  CACHE_REDIS_RECONNECT_ATTEMPTS: "3"
+  CACHE_REDIS_RECONNECT_DELAY: "1.5"
+  
+  # 9. Performance Caching Settings
+  RAILS_CACHE_VERSIONING: "true"  # Enable cache versioning
+  RAILS_CACHE_COMPRESSION: "true"  # Compress cached data
+  CACHE_COMPRESS_THRESHOLD: "1024"  # Compress if > 1KB
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/k8s-manifests/storedog-app/deployments/ads.yaml b/k8s-manifests/storedog-app/deployments/ads.yaml
index c8eb725a..6386fe85 100644
--- a/k8s-manifests/storedog-app/deployments/ads.yaml
+++ b/k8s-manifests/storedog-app/deployments/ads.yaml
@@ -54,11 +54,11 @@ spec:
               value: "true"
           resources:
             requests:
-              memory: "256Mi"
-              cpu: "200m"
+              cpu: "100m"
+              memory: "384Mi"
             limits:
+              cpu: "300m"
               memory: "512Mi"
-              cpu: "400m"
           volumeMounts:
             - name: apmsocketpath
               mountPath: /var/run/datadog
diff --git a/k8s-manifests/storedog-app/deployments/backend.yaml b/k8s-manifests/storedog-app/deployments/backend.yaml
index 31498d6a..6b1a12a8 100644
--- a/k8s-manifests/storedog-app/deployments/backend.yaml
+++ b/k8s-manifests/storedog-app/deployments/backend.yaml
@@ -98,11 +98,11 @@ spec:
               value: "true"
           resources:
             requests:
-              memory: "512Mi"
-              cpu: "250m"
+              cpu: "100m"
+              memory: "384Mi"
             limits:
-              memory: "1Gi"
-              cpu: "500m"
+              cpu: "400m"
+              memory: 784Mi
           volumeMounts:
             - name: apmsocketpath
               mountPath: /var/run/datadog
diff --git a/k8s-manifests/storedog-app/deployments/discounts.yaml b/k8s-manifests/storedog-app/deployments/discounts.yaml
index c448005c..4c0320a8 100644
--- a/k8s-manifests/storedog-app/deployments/discounts.yaml
+++ b/k8s-manifests/storedog-app/deployments/discounts.yaml
@@ -76,11 +76,11 @@ spec:
               value: "true"
           resources:
             requests:
-              memory: "128Mi"
               cpu: "100m"
+              memory: "128Mi"
             limits:
-              memory: "256Mi"
               cpu: "200m"
+              memory: "256Mi"
           volumeMounts:
             - name: apmsocketpath
               mountPath: /var/run/datadog
diff --git a/k8s-manifests/storedog-app/deployments/frontend.yaml b/k8s-manifests/storedog-app/deployments/frontend.yaml
index b4e0bdfb..29547e11 100644
--- a/k8s-manifests/storedog-app/deployments/frontend.yaml
+++ b/k8s-manifests/storedog-app/deployments/frontend.yaml
@@ -112,10 +112,11 @@ spec:
               value: "true"
           resources:
             requests:
-              memory: "256Mi"
-              cpu: "100m"
+              cpu: 200m      
+              memory: 384Mi
             limits:
-              memory: "2Gi"
+              cpu: 600m
+              memory: 1Gi
           volumeMounts:
             - name: apmsocketpath
               mountPath: /var/run/datadog
diff --git a/k8s-manifests/storedog-app/deployments/nginx.yaml b/k8s-manifests/storedog-app/deployments/nginx.yaml
index 90fa2be5..7a188bcf 100644
--- a/k8s-manifests/storedog-app/deployments/nginx.yaml
+++ b/k8s-manifests/storedog-app/deployments/nginx.yaml
@@ -61,11 +61,11 @@ spec:
               value: 'unix:///var/run/datadog/apm.socket'
           resources:
             requests:
-              memory: "128Mi"
-              cpu: "100m"
+              cpu: "50m"
+              memory: "64Mi"
             limits:
-              memory: "256Mi"
-              cpu: "200m"
+              cpu: "100m"
+              memory: "128Mi"
           volumeMounts:
             - name: apmsocketpath
               mountPath: /var/run/datadog
diff --git a/k8s-manifests/storedog-app/deployments/worker.yaml b/k8s-manifests/storedog-app/deployments/worker.yaml
index cba4cd2e..3ec754e3 100644
--- a/k8s-manifests/storedog-app/deployments/worker.yaml
+++ b/k8s-manifests/storedog-app/deployments/worker.yaml
@@ -82,11 +82,11 @@ spec:
               value: "true"
           resources:
             requests:
-              memory: "512Mi"
-              cpu: "250m"
+              cpu: "100m"
+              memory: "384Mi"
             limits:
-              memory: "2Gi"
-              cpu: "1000m"
+              cpu: "300m"    
+              memory: "512Mi"
           volumeMounts:
             - name: apmsocketpath
               mountPath: /var/run/datadog
diff --git a/k8s-manifests/storedog-app/statefulsets/postgres.yaml b/k8s-manifests/storedog-app/statefulsets/postgres.yaml
index e614275e..ba40241e 100644
--- a/k8s-manifests/storedog-app/statefulsets/postgres.yaml
+++ b/k8s-manifests/storedog-app/statefulsets/postgres.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ metadata:
   name: postgres
   labels:
     tags.datadoghq.com/env: ${DD_ENV}
-    tags.datadoghq.com/service: store-db
+    tags.datadoghq.com/service: db
     tags.datadoghq.com/version: "15.0"
 spec:
   serviceName: postgres
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ spec:
       labels:
         app: postgres
         tags.datadoghq.com/env: ${DD_ENV}
-        tags.datadoghq.com/service: store-db
+        tags.datadoghq.com/service: db
         tags.datadoghq.com/version: "15.0"
       annotations:
         ad.datadoghq.com/postgres.logs: '[{"source": "postgresql", "auto_multi_line_detection":true}]'
@@ -58,6 +58,13 @@ spec:
                 secretKeyRef:
                   name: storedog-secrets
                   key: POSTGRES_PASSWORD
+          resources:
+            requests:
+              cpu: "100m"
+              memory: "128Mi"
+            limits:
+              cpu: "300m"
+              memory: "256Mi"
           volumeMounts:
             - name: postgres-data
               mountPath: /var/lib/postgresql/data
diff --git a/k8s-manifests/storedog-app/statefulsets/redis.yaml b/k8s-manifests/storedog-app/statefulsets/redis.yaml
index bfadf8cd..de7a658c 100644
--- a/k8s-manifests/storedog-app/statefulsets/redis.yaml
+++ b/k8s-manifests/storedog-app/statefulsets/redis.yaml
@@ -44,12 +44,31 @@ spec:
       containers:
         - name: redis
           image: redis:6.2-alpine
+          command: ["redis-server"]
+          args: ["/etc/redis/redis.conf"]
           ports:
             - containerPort: 6379
               name: redis
+          resources:
+            requests:
+              cpu: "100m"
+              memory: "128Mi"
+            limits:
+              cpu: "300m"
+              memory: "256Mi"
           volumeMounts:
             - name: redis-data
               mountPath: /data
+            - name: redis-config
+              mountPath: /etc/redis
+              readOnly: true
+      volumes:
+        - name: redis-config
+          configMap:
+            name: redis-config
+            items:
+              - key: redis.conf
+                path: redis.conf
   volumeClaimTemplates:
     - metadata:
         name: redis-data