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Amazon ElastiCache in Amazon Web Services China - Getting Started with Amazon Web Services China
Region availabilityHow Amazon ElastiCache differsDocumentation
Services or capabilities described in Amazon Web Services documentation might vary by Region. To see the differences applicable to the China Regions, see Getting Started with Amazon Web Services in China (PDF).

Amazon ElastiCache in Amazon Web Services China

Amazon ElastiCache is a web service that makes it easy to set up, manage, and scale distributed in-memory cache environments in the cloud. It provides a high performance, resizable, and cost-effective in-memory cache, while removing the complexity associated with deploying and managing a distributed cache environment. You can choose from Memcached or Redis protocol-compliant cache engine software, and let ElastiCache perform software upgrades and patch management for you automatically.

Region availability

Amazon ElastiCache is available in the following Amazon Web Services China Regions:

  • China (Beijing)

  • China (Ningxia)

How Amazon ElastiCache differs

The following differences apply to Amazon ElastiCache:

  • Amazon ElastiCache Data tiering is not available.

  • When granting ElastiCache read access to your .rdb file on Amazon S3 in the China (Beijing) and China (Ningxia) Regions, type the canonical ID b14d6a125bdf69854ed8ef2e71d8a20b7c490f252229b806e514966e490b8d83 in the Grantee field instead of aws-scs-s3-readonly@amazon.com.

  • The r6gd node type is not available in these Regions.

Documentation