SHARDBY tag
this command will record "tag" as a sharding tag. Which means any key
CONTAINING "tag" will be put into one hash slot (i.e always live on
the same machine)
it returns +OK / -ERR. Also, if a tag is already a sharding tag,
this command do nothing and return "+OK". However, when adding tag,
if there are existing keys
with this tag, these keys should be relocated to a certain hash slot.
Redis determines the actual slot internally.
UNSHARDBY tag
remove "tag" as a sharding tag, so that any key containing this tag
will be evenly distributed into the cluster. (may not be needed??)
Returns +OK if the tag is removed
and -ERR if "tag" is not a sharding tag at all.
SHARDINFO tag
view realtime info about sharding tag "tag". i.e., on which servers
are these keys CURRENTLY resides. This might be useful for
backup/restore or other maintenance tasks.
Returns "+OK IP address/port of the master of that shard", or "-ERR
Not a sharding tag".
SHARDFIND key
find the server on which the key resides. Returns "+OK ip:port
shard-tag" (shard-tag can be empty of there is none), or "-ERR Key
not find" or "-ERR no cluster setup..."
Regards,
Shannon