Q27 Redis Domain 2 · 25–30% of exam

Azure Cache for Redis Premium tier supports clustering. What does Redis clustering provide?

  1. A Active geo-replication
  2. B Horizontal sharding across multiple shards, each holding a subset of keys (correct answer)
  3. C Automatic failover only
  4. D Append-only persistence

Shortcut: Redis clustering splits the keyspace across multiple shards (nodes), enabling horizontal scaling of both memory and throughput beyond a single instance's limits.