diff --git a/services/track-changes/app/coffee/RedisManager.coffee b/services/track-changes/app/coffee/RedisManager.coffee
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+Settings = require "settings-sharelatex"
+redis = require('redis')
+redisConf = Settings.redis?.web or {host: "localhost", port: 6379}
+rclient = redis.createClient(redisConf.port, redisConf.host)
+rclient.auth(redisConf.password)
+
+buildRawUpdatesKey = (doc_id) -> "UncompressedHistoryOps:#{doc_id}"
+
+module.exports = RedisManager =
+	getOldestRawUpdates: (doc_id, batchSize, callback = (error, rawUpdates) ->) ->
+		key = buildRawUpdatesKey(doc_id)
+		rclient.lrange key, 0, batchSize - 1, (error, jsonUpdates) -> 
+			try
+				rawUpdates = ( JSON.parse(update) for update in jsonUpdates or [] )
+			catch e
+				return callback(e)
+			callback null, rawUpdates
+
+	deleteOldestRawUpdates: (doc_id, batchSize, callback = (error, rawUpdates) ->) ->
+		key = buildRawUpdatesKey(doc_id)
+		rclient.ltrim key, batchSize, -1, callback
diff --git a/services/track-changes/test/unit/coffee/RedisManager/RedisManagerTests.coffee b/services/track-changes/test/unit/coffee/RedisManager/RedisManagerTests.coffee
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+sinon = require('sinon')
+chai = require('chai')
+should = chai.should()
+expect = chai.expect
+modulePath = "../../../../app/js/RedisManager.js"
+SandboxedModule = require('sandboxed-module')
+
+describe "RedisManager", ->
+	beforeEach ->
+		@RedisManager = SandboxedModule.require modulePath, requires:
+			"redis" : 
+				createClient: () => @rclient =
+					auth: sinon.stub()
+			"settings-sharelatex": {}
+		@doc_id = "doc-id-123"
+		@batchSize = 100
+		@callback = sinon.stub()
+
+	describe "getOldestRawUpdates", ->
+		beforeEach ->
+			@rawUpdates = [ {v: 42, op: "mock-op-42"}, { v: 45, op: "mock-op-45" }]
+			@jsonUpdates = (JSON.stringify(update) for update in @rawUpdates)
+			@rclient.lrange = sinon.stub().callsArgWith(3, null, @jsonUpdates)
+			@RedisManager.getOldestRawUpdates @doc_id, @batchSize, @callback
+
+		it "should read the updates from redis", ->
+			@rclient.lrange
+				.calledWith("UncompressedHistoryOps:#{@doc_id}", 0, @batchSize - 1)
+				.should.equal true
+
+		it "should call the callback with the parsed ops", ->
+			@callback.calledWith(null, @rawUpdates).should.equal true
+
+	describe "deleteOldestRawUpdates", ->
+		beforeEach ->
+			@rclient.ltrim = sinon.stub().callsArg(3)
+			@RedisManager.deleteOldestRawUpdates @doc_id, @batchSize, @callback
+
+		it "should delete the updates from redis", ->
+			@rclient.ltrim
+				.calledWith("UncompressedHistoryOps:#{@doc_id}", @batchSize, -1)
+				.should.equal true
+
+		it "should call the callback", ->
+			@callback.called.should.equal true