Basic Concepts¶
DCS Instance¶
An instance is the minimum resource unit provided by DCS.
For details, see DCS Instance Specifications and DCS Instance Types.
Project¶
Projects are used to group and isolate OpenStack resources (computing resources, storage resources, and network resources). A project can be a department or a project team. Multiple projects can be created for one account.
Maintenance Time Window¶
The maintenance time window is the period when the DCS service team upgrade and maintain the instance.
DCS instance maintenance takes place only once a quarter and does not interrupt services. Even so, you are advised to select a time period when the service demand is low.
When creating an instance, you must specify a maintenance time window, which can be modified on the Basic Information page after the instance is created.
For details, see: Modifying Maintenance Time Window.
Cross-AZ Deployment¶
Master/Standby instances are deployed across different AZs with physically isolated power supplies and networks. Applications can also be deployed across AZs to achieve HA for both data and applications.
When creating a master/standby or cluster DCS Redis instance, you can select a standby AZ for the node.
Replica¶
A replica is a node in a DCS instance. A single-replica instance has no standby node. A two-replica instance has one master node and one standby node. By default, each master/standby instance has two replicas. If the number of replicas is set to three for a master/standby instance, the instance has one master node and two standby nodes. A single-node instance has only one node.