CacheNode - Amazon ElastiCache
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CacheNode

Represents an individual cache node within a cluster. Each cache node runs its own instance of the cluster's protocol-compliant caching software - either Memcached or Redis.

The following node types are supported by ElastiCache. Generally speaking, the current generation types provide more memory and computational power at lower cost when compared to their equivalent previous generation counterparts.

  • General purpose:

    • Current generation:

      M7g node types: cache.m7g.large, cache.m7g.xlarge, cache.m7g.2xlarge, cache.m7g.4xlarge, cache.m7g.8xlarge, cache.m7g.12xlarge, cache.m7g.16xlarge

      Note

      For region availability, see Supported Node Types

      M6g node types (available only for Redis engine version 5.0.6 onward and for Memcached engine version 1.5.16 onward): cache.m6g.large, cache.m6g.xlarge, cache.m6g.2xlarge, cache.m6g.4xlarge, cache.m6g.8xlarge, cache.m6g.12xlarge, cache.m6g.16xlarge

      M5 node types: cache.m5.large, cache.m5.xlarge, cache.m5.2xlarge, cache.m5.4xlarge, cache.m5.12xlarge, cache.m5.24xlarge

      M4 node types: cache.m4.large, cache.m4.xlarge, cache.m4.2xlarge, cache.m4.4xlarge, cache.m4.10xlarge

      T4g node types (available only for Redis engine version 5.0.6 onward and Memcached engine version 1.5.16 onward): cache.t4g.micro, cache.t4g.small, cache.t4g.medium

      T3 node types: cache.t3.micro, cache.t3.small, cache.t3.medium

      T2 node types: cache.t2.micro, cache.t2.small, cache.t2.medium

    • Previous generation: (not recommended. Existing clusters are still supported but creation of new clusters is not supported for these types.)

      T1 node types: cache.t1.micro

      M1 node types: cache.m1.small, cache.m1.medium, cache.m1.large, cache.m1.xlarge

      M3 node types: cache.m3.medium, cache.m3.large, cache.m3.xlarge, cache.m3.2xlarge

  • Compute optimized:

    • Previous generation: (not recommended. Existing clusters are still supported but creation of new clusters is not supported for these types.)

      C1 node types: cache.c1.xlarge

  • Memory optimized:

    • Current generation:

      R7g node types: cache.r7g.large, cache.r7g.xlarge, cache.r7g.2xlarge, cache.r7g.4xlarge, cache.r7g.8xlarge, cache.r7g.12xlarge, cache.r7g.16xlarge

      Note

      For region availability, see Supported Node Types

      R6g node types (available only for Redis engine version 5.0.6 onward and for Memcached engine version 1.5.16 onward): cache.r6g.large, cache.r6g.xlarge, cache.r6g.2xlarge, cache.r6g.4xlarge, cache.r6g.8xlarge, cache.r6g.12xlarge, cache.r6g.16xlarge

      R5 node types: cache.r5.large, cache.r5.xlarge, cache.r5.2xlarge, cache.r5.4xlarge, cache.r5.12xlarge, cache.r5.24xlarge

      R4 node types: cache.r4.large, cache.r4.xlarge, cache.r4.2xlarge, cache.r4.4xlarge, cache.r4.8xlarge, cache.r4.16xlarge

    • Previous generation: (not recommended. Existing clusters are still supported but creation of new clusters is not supported for these types.)

      M2 node types: cache.m2.xlarge, cache.m2.2xlarge, cache.m2.4xlarge

      R3 node types: cache.r3.large, cache.r3.xlarge, cache.r3.2xlarge, cache.r3.4xlarge, cache.r3.8xlarge

Additional node type info

  • All current generation instance types are created in Amazon VPC by default.

  • Redis append-only files (AOF) are not supported for T1 or T2 instances.

  • Redis Multi-AZ with automatic failover is not supported on T1 instances.

  • Redis configuration variables appendonly and appendfsync are not supported on Redis version 2.8.22 and later.

Contents

Note

In the following list, the required parameters are described first.

CacheNodeCreateTime

The date and time when the cache node was created.

Type: Timestamp

Required: No

CacheNodeId

The cache node identifier. A node ID is a numeric identifier (0001, 0002, etc.). The combination of cluster ID and node ID uniquely identifies every cache node used in a customer's Amazon account.

Type: String

Required: No

CacheNodeStatus

The current state of this cache node, one of the following values: available, creating, rebooting, or deleting.

Type: String

Required: No

CustomerAvailabilityZone

The Availability Zone where this node was created and now resides.

Type: String

Required: No

CustomerOutpostArn

The customer outpost ARN of the cache node.

Type: String

Required: No

Endpoint

The hostname for connecting to this cache node.

Type: Endpoint object

Required: No

ParameterGroupStatus

The status of the parameter group applied to this cache node.

Type: String

Required: No

SourceCacheNodeId

The ID of the primary node to which this read replica node is synchronized. If this field is empty, this node is not associated with a primary cluster.

Type: String

Required: No

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific Amazon SDKs, see the following: