Cluster: new option to work with partial slots coverage.

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/redis.conf b/redis.conf
index 0aa2dc9fd..e03b3aa9a 100644
--- a/redis.conf
+++ b/redis.conf
@@ -660,6 +660,19 @@ lua-time-limit 5000
 #
 # cluster-migration-barrier 1
 
+# By default Redis Cluster nodes stop accepting queries if they detect there
+# is at least an hash slot uncovered (no available node is serving it).
+# This way if the cluster is partially down (for example a range of hash slots
+# are no longer covered) all the cluster becomes, eventually, unavailable.
+# It automatically returns available as soon as all the slots are covered again.
+#
+# However sometimes you want the subset of the cluster which is working,
+# to continue to accept queries for the part of the key space that is still
+# covered. In order to do so, just set the cluster-require-full-coverage
+# option to no.
+#
+# cluster-require-full-coverage yes
+
 # In order to setup your cluster make sure to read the documentation
 # available at http://redis.io web site.