diff --git a/nydus/__init__.py b/nydus/__init__.py
index 3c6deb4..3eb26d4 100644
--- a/nydus/__init__.py
+++ b/nydus/__init__.py
@@ -11,3 +11,6 @@
         .get_distribution('nydus').version
 except Exception, e:
     VERSION = 'unknown'
+
+#Just make sure we don't clash with the source project
+VERSION = '10.0.1'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nydus/db/backends/base.py b/nydus/db/backends/base.py
index 34760ab..79dc858 100644
--- a/nydus/db/backends/base.py
+++ b/nydus/db/backends/base.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ class BaseConnection(object):
     def __init__(self, num, **options):
         self._connection = None
         self.num = num
+        self.options = options
 
     @property
     def identifier(self):
diff --git a/nydus/db/backends/redis.py b/nydus/db/backends/redis.py
index 98237c1..d0f8fef 100644
--- a/nydus/db/backends/redis.py
+++ b/nydus/db/backends/redis.py
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 
 
 class RedisPipeline(BasePipeline):
+    silent_exceptions = frozenset([RedisError])
+    
     def __init__(self, connection):
         self.pending = []
         self.connection = connection
@@ -25,7 +27,17 @@ def add(self, command):
         getattr(self.pipe, command._attr)(*command._args, **command._kwargs)
 
     def execute(self):
-        return self.pipe.execute()
+        fail_silently = self.connection.fail_silently
+        try:
+            results = self.pipe.execute()
+        except tuple(self.silent_exceptions), e:
+            if fail_silently:
+                results = []
+            else:
+                raise
+            
+        return results
+        
 
 
 class Redis(BaseConnection):
@@ -39,6 +51,7 @@ def __init__(self, host='localhost', port=6379, db=0, timeout=None, password=Non
         self.db = db
         self.timeout = timeout
         self.__password = password
+        self.fail_silently = options.get('fail_silently', False)
         super(Redis, self).__init__(**options)
 
     @property
diff --git a/nydus/db/base.py b/nydus/db/base.py
index c8fb857..a37ef1f 100644
--- a/nydus/db/base.py
+++ b/nydus/db/base.py
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
 from collections import defaultdict
 from nydus.db.routers import BaseRouter
 from nydus.utils import import_string, ThreadPool
-
+import logging
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 def create_cluster(settings):
     """
@@ -79,19 +80,37 @@ def __iter__(self):
 
     def _execute(self, attr, args, kwargs):
         connections = self._connections_for(attr, *args, **kwargs)
-
         results = []
         for conn in connections:
+            fail_silently = conn.fail_silently
+            
             for retry in xrange(self.max_connection_retries):
                 try:
                     results.append(getattr(conn, attr)(*args, **kwargs))
                 except tuple(conn.retryable_exceptions), e:
+                    #retry, raise an error or fail silently
+                    error = None
                     if not self.router.retryable:
-                        raise e
+                        error = e
                     elif retry == self.max_connection_retries - 1:
-                        raise self.MaxRetriesExceededError(e)
+                        error = self.MaxRetriesExceededError(e)
                     else:
                         conn = self._connections_for(attr, retry_for=conn.num, *args, **kwargs)[0]
+                        
+                    if error and fail_silently:
+                        #fail silently by returning None, usefull for cache like usage of redis
+                        if self.router.retryable:
+                            logger.error('failing silently after %s retries for conn %s with command %s', self.max_connection_retries, conn, attr)
+                        else:
+                            logger.error('failing silently for conn %s with command %s', conn, attr)
+                        results = [None]
+                        break
+                    else:
+                        raise error
+                    
+                    #going for another retry
+                    logger.warn('retrying connection %s with command %s', conn, attr)
+                    
                 else:
                     break
 
diff --git a/nydus/db/routers/__init__.py b/nydus/db/routers/__init__.py
index a33f475..67ee82d 100644
--- a/nydus/db/routers/__init__.py
+++ b/nydus/db/routers/__init__.py
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@
 
 from .base import BaseRouter, RoundRobinRouter
 
+from .prefix_partition import PrefixPartitionRouter
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nydus/db/routers/prefix_partition.py b/nydus/db/routers/prefix_partition.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a2edb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nydus/db/routers/prefix_partition.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+from nydus.db.routers import BaseRouter
+
+class PrefixPartitionRouter(BaseRouter):
+    '''
+    Routes based on the configured prefixes
+    
+    Example config:
+    
+    'redis': {
+        'engine': 'nydus.db.backends.redis.Redis',
+        'router': 'nydus.db.routers.redis.PrefixPartitionRouter',
+        'hosts': {
+            'default': {'db': 0, 'host': 'default.redis.goteam.be', 'port': 6379},
+            'user:loves:': {'db': 1, 'host': 'default.redis.goteam.be', 'port': 6379},
+            'loves:': {'db': 2, 'host': 'default.redis.goteam.be', 'port': 6379},
+            'hash:entity:': {'db': 0, 'host': 'entities.redis.goteam.be', 'port': 6379},
+        }
+    }
+    
+    We route to one and only one redis.
+    Use a seperate config if you want hashing based partitioning.
+    '''
+    
+    def _pre_routing(self, cluster, attr, key, *args, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Requesting a pipeline without a key to partition on is just plain wrong.
+        We raise a valueError if you try
+        """
+        if not key and attr == 'pipeline':
+            raise ValueError('Pipelines requires a key for proper routing')
+        return key
+    
+    def _route(self, cluster, attr, key, *args, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Perform routing and return db_nums
+        """
+        if 'default' not in cluster.hosts:
+            error_message = 'The prefix router requires a default host'
+            raise ValueError(error_message)
+        hosts = None
+        if key:
+            for host in cluster.hosts:
+                if key.startswith(str(host)):
+                    hosts = [host]
+            if not hosts:
+                hosts = ['default']
+            
+        #sanity check, dont see how this can happen
+        if not hosts:
+            error_message = 'The prefix partition router couldnt find a host for command %s and key %s' % (attr, key)
+            raise ValueError(error_message)
+        
+        return hosts
+        
diff --git a/nydus/db/routers/redis.py b/nydus/db/routers/redis.py
index 6b44330..41a2855 100644
--- a/nydus/db/routers/redis.py
+++ b/nydus/db/routers/redis.py
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 :license: Apache License 2.0, see LICENSE for more details.
 """
 
-from nydus.db.routers import RoundRobinRouter
+from nydus.db.routers import RoundRobinRouter, PrefixPartitionRouter
 from nydus.db.routers.keyvalue import ConsistentHashingRouter, PartitionRouter
 
-__all__ = ('ConsistentHashingRouter', 'PartitionRouter', 'RoundRobinRouter')
+__all__ = ('PrefixPartitionRouter', 'ConsistentHashingRouter', 'PartitionRouter', 'RoundRobinRouter')
 
diff --git a/tests/nydus/db/connections/tests.py b/tests/nydus/db/connections/tests.py
index 311bcb9..8bb3266 100644
--- a/tests/nydus/db/connections/tests.py
+++ b/tests/nydus/db/connections/tests.py
@@ -32,6 +32,54 @@ def get_dbs(self, cluster, attr, key=None, *args, **kwargs):
         return [0]
 
 
+
+class BrokenRedisTest(BaseTest):
+    def setUp(self):
+        from nydus.db import create_cluster
+        engine = 'nydus.db.backends.redis.Redis'
+        router = 'nydus.db.routers.redis.PrefixPartitionRouter'
+        nydus_config = dict(engine=engine, router=router, hosts={
+            'default': {'db': 0, 'host': 'localhost', 'port': 6380, 'fail_silently': False},
+            'simple_cache': {'db': 0, 'host': 'localhost', 'port': 6380, 'fail_silently': True},
+            'app_critical': {'db': 0, 'host': 'localhost', 'port': 6380, 'fail_silently': False},
+        })
+        redis = create_cluster(nydus_config)
+        self.redis = redis
+    
+    def test_broken_redis(self):
+        #test silent failures
+        key = 'simple_cache:test'
+        set_result = self.redis.set(key, '1')
+        assert not set_result
+        result = self.redis.get(key)
+        assert not result
+        
+        #assert by default we fail loudly
+        from redis.exceptions import ConnectionError
+        try:
+            key = 'app_critical:test'
+            set_result = self.redis.set(key, '1')
+            result = self.redis.get(key)
+        except ConnectionError, e:
+            pass
+        else:
+            raise Exception, 'we were hoping for a connection error'
+        
+    def test_map(self):
+        keys = ['simple_cache:test', 'simple_cache:test_two', 'app_critical:test']
+        with self.redis.map() as conn:
+            results = [conn.get(k) for k in keys]
+        
+        for result, key in zip(results, keys):
+            result_object = result._wrapped
+            if 'app_critical' in key:
+                assert 'Error' in result_object
+            else:
+                assert result_object is None, 'we should get None when failing'
+                
+                
+        
+
 class ClusterTest(BaseTest):
     def test_create_cluster(self):
         c = create_cluster({
diff --git a/tests/nydus/db/routers/tests.py b/tests/nydus/db/routers/tests.py
index 0a822a6..52ab8a1 100644
--- a/tests/nydus/db/routers/tests.py
+++ b/tests/nydus/db/routers/tests.py
@@ -14,6 +14,63 @@
 from nydus.db.routers.keyvalue import ConsistentHashingRouter, PartitionRouter
 
 
+class PrefixPartitionTest(BaseTest):
+    def setUp(self):
+        from nydus.db import create_cluster
+        engine = 'nydus.db.backends.redis.Redis'
+        router = 'nydus.db.routers.redis.PrefixPartitionRouter'
+        nydus_config = dict(engine=engine, router=router, hosts={
+            'default': {'db': 0, 'host': 'localhost', 'port': 6379},
+            'user:loves:': {'db': 1, 'host': 'localhost', 'port': 6379}
+        })
+        redis = create_cluster(nydus_config)
+        self.redis = redis
+    
+    def test_partitions(self):
+        '''
+        Verify if we write ton one and only one redis database
+        '''
+        import mock
+        
+        keys = [
+            ('user:loves:test', 1), 
+            ('default_test',0),
+            ('hash:entity:test', 0)
+        ]
+        
+        for key, redis_db in keys:
+            with mock.patch('redis.client.StrictRedis.execute_command') as fake_set:
+                result = self.redis.set(key, '1')
+                args, kwargs = fake_set.call_args
+                instance, cmd, key, key_value = args 
+                connection_kwargs = instance.connection_pool.connection_kwargs
+                db = connection_kwargs['db']
+                self.assertEqual(db, redis_db)
+                
+    def test_missing_default(self):
+        from nydus.db import create_cluster
+        from functools import partial
+        
+        engine = 'nydus.db.backends.redis.Redis'
+        router = 'nydus.db.routers.redis.PrefixPartitionRouter'
+        nydus_config = dict(engine=engine, router=router, hosts={
+            'base': {'db': 0, 'host': 'localhost', 'port': 6379},
+            'user:loves:': {'db': 1, 'host': 'localhost', 'port': 6379}
+        })
+        redis = create_cluster(nydus_config)
+        
+        redis_call = partial(redis.get, 'thiswillbreak')
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, redis_call)
+        
+    def test_pipeline(self):
+        redis = self.redis
+        #we prefer map above direct pipeline usage, but if you really need it:
+        redis.pipeline('default:test')
+        
+        #this should fail as we require a key
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, redis.pipeline)
+
+
 class DummyConnection(BaseConnection):
     def __init__(self, i):
         self.host = 'dummyhost'