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What is Redis Sentinel, and what role does it play in providing high availability for a non clustered Redis setup? Why does Redis Sentinel recommend running at least three Sentinel instances rather than just one? How does an application discover the current primary Redis instance when using Sentinel, especially after a failover has occurred? How do you check the current status of a Sentinel deployment to confirm it is properly monitoring your Redis primary and replicas? How would you deploy Redis Sentinel across multiple data centers or availability zones to maximize resilience against a localized failure? What is the difference between using Redis Sentinel and using Redis Cluster for achieving high availability, and how would you decide between them?
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What is the quorum setting in a Sentinel configuration, and how does it affect the decision to trigger a failover?

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The quorum setting specifies the minimum number of Sentinel instances that must agree the primary is actually unreachable before a failover process begins, providing protection against a single Sentinel's false positive triggering an unnecessary and potentially disruptive failover based on its own isolated network issue.
sentinel monitor mymaster 192.168.1.10 6379 2
-- The final number 2 is the quorum value
Real-world example A team running five Sentinel instances configures a quorum of three, ensuring a majority must agree before any failover is triggered, providing strong protection against a false alarm caused by any single Sentinel's temporary issue.

Common follow-ups: How do you choose an appropriate quorum value for a given number of Sentinel instances?;What happens if the quorum is set too low relative to the total number of Sentinels?

Redis Replication;Redis Architecture & Installation
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