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Overview

After you purchase a GeminiDB Redis instance, resource requirements may change along with workload volumes. You can scale your instance nodes in the following ways.

Table 1 Scaling methods

Method

Supported Instance Type

Adding Instance Nodes
  • Capacity-oriented cluster instance with cloud native storage
  • Proxy cluster
  • Redis Cluster

Adding Instance Shards

Standard cluster instance with cloud native storage

Deleting Instance Nodes

Cluster instance with classic storage

  • Proxy cluster
  • Redis Cluster

Video Tutorial

This video shows how to add nodes for a GeminiDB Redis instance.

Adding Instance Nodes

For example, if three nodes have been deployed and two more nodes need to be added, there will be five nodes in total. For details, see Adding Instance Nodes.

Figure 1 Adding instance nodes

Adding Instance Shards

For example, if three shards have been deployed and two more shards need to be added, there will be five shards in total. For details, see Adding Instance Shards.

Figure 2 Adding instance shards

Deleting Instance Nodes

For example, if five nodes have been deployed and two of them need to be deleted, three nodes will be left. For details, see Deleting Instance Nodes.

Figure 3 Deleting instance shards
Parent Topic: Adding and Deleting Instance Nodes