Shows how Redis is behaving when disconnecting and connecting

redis connection output.txt

7 'connected'
5007 'getting key'
5881 'ended'
5882 'reconnecting' { delay: 255, attempt: 2 }
6143 'error' [Error: Redis connection to 127.0.0.1:6379 failed - connect ECONNREFUSED]
6144 'reconnecting' { delay: 433, attempt: 3 }
6580 'error' [Error: Redis connection to 127.0.0.1:6379 failed - connect ECONNREFUSED]
6580 'reconnecting' { delay: 736, attempt: 4 }
7319 'error' [Error: Redis connection to 127.0.0.1:6379 failed - connect ECONNREFUSED]
7319 'reconnecting' { delay: 1251, attempt: 5 }
8014 'getting key'
8574 'Got error: Redis connection to 127.0.0.1:6379 failed - connect ECONNREFUSED'
8575 'error' [Error: Redis connection to 127.0.0.1:6379 failed - connect ECONNREFUSED]
8575 'reconnecting' { delay: 2126, attempt: 6 }
10703 'connected'
11019 'getting key'
11591 'ended'
11591 'reconnecting' { delay: 255, attempt: 2 }
11851 'error' [Error: Redis connection to 127.0.0.1:6379 failed - connect ECONNREFUSED]
11851 'reconnecting' { delay: 433, attempt: 3 }
12290 'error' [Error: Redis connection to 127.0.0.1:6379 failed - connect ECONNREFUSED]
12291 'reconnecting' { delay: 736, attempt: 4 }
13030 'error' [Error: Redis connection to 127.0.0.1:6379 failed - connect ECONNREFUSED]
13031 'reconnecting' { delay: 1251, attempt: 5 }
14024 'getting key'
14286 'connected'

redis-behaviour.js

var r = require('redis');
var rc = r.createClient();
var start = Date.now();

function now(){
    return Date.now()-start;
}

function log() {
    var args = [].slice.call(arguments,0)
        console.log.apply(console, [now()].concat(args));
}

rc.on('connect', log.bind(null,'connected'));
rc.on('reconnecting', log.bind(null,'reconnecting'));
rc.on('error', log.bind(null,'error'));
rc.on('end', log.bind(null,'ended'));

setTimeout(function(){
    setInterval(function() {
        log('getting key');
        rc.get("some key", function(err,res) {
            if(err) { log('Got error: ' + err.message); }
        });
    },3000);
},2000);