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DBA-C0084 · Replication & High Availability

Redis Sentinel vs Redis Cluster

Compare the two Redis sketches. Do not start them. Do not bind every address.

Updated 25 October 2026 · Comparison

This is an original planning guide. It is not a vendor manual, an official standard, or legal advice. Example addresses use documentation ranges. Review every command before you paste it.

What this hour is for

The Sentinel generator and the failover generator draft configs from names you type. protected-mode stays on. A bind to every address is deleted before the file can be saved.

Do not start either sketch during the reading. Do not run FLUSHALL. A password does not go in the note.

192.0.2.10, 198.51.100.0/24, 203.0.113.0/24, and 2001:db8::/32 are documentation. example.com is a documentation name. A sample password is replaced. It is not a password you keep.

The change you can finish

Apply nothing while you are writing the note. When the lab window opens, it is one change on the database named in the ticket. Read the draft, then the database, then decide.

Rollback is the backup, the file, or the snapshot you saved first. You do not invent a rollback after the only copy is gone.

  1. Name the nodes or say sketch.
  2. Read one draft.
  3. Keep protected-mode on.
  4. Do not start it.
  5. Stop.

Mistakes that outlive the statement

Redis Sentinel vs Redis Cluster goes wrong in a small set of ways. The list is here so the ticket can forbid them before the window.

Decisions to write down

One decision for Redis Sentinel vs Redis Cluster: The choice is written. protected-mode stays on. Nothing was started. And no password is in the note.

Checks before you call it done

Confirm this before you call the change done: The choice is written. The draft was read. protected-mode stays on. Nothing was started. And the database is yours. If one of those fails, stop.

# Redis HA sketch. Do not start it.
# protected-mode stays on.
# Do not bind every address.
# Do not run FLUSHALL.

Before you leave the database

Redis Sentinel vs Redis Cluster ends when the database in the prompt is the database in the ticket. If it is not, you are on the wrong database. Stop.

The draft stays a draft until a person has read the names in it. A generator does not log into the database. You delete a line that names a host, a database, or an account you did not write down.

192.0.2.10, 198.51.100.0/24, 203.0.113.0/24, and 2001:db8::/32 are documentation. example.com is a documentation name. They belong in the note. They are not values you leave on a database because a draft included them.

prompt-for-this is a reminder that a secret is missing. It is not a password, a key, or a token you save in the ticket or in git. A sample password in a draft is replaced. It is not a password you keep.

One change is the window. If two things move and the result is wrong, you will not know which one did it.

If the same step fails twice, stop for the day. Restore the copy you took first.

A second person reads the database name and the change aloud. If they cannot find them in the ticket, the note is not done.

This page is a planning guide. It is not a vendor manual, not an official standard, and not permission to touch a database you do not administer. You do not disable authentication, a firewall, or TLS to make a check pass.

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