Redis Cluster Hosting on MassiveGRID PaaS
The Redis Cluster package deploys a native Redis Cluster on MassiveGRID PaaS: data is sharded across several primary nodes, each with a replica, so the store scales horizontally and survives node failures. It is the cache, session store and message broker behind many of the marketplace's web clusters.
Redis Cluster on MassiveGRID PaaS installs in one click in New York, London, Frankfurt or Singapore, costs about $29.52 a month for the Starter configuration, 6 × Redis node (256 MiB each), and starts with a 14-day free trial. See the sizing table.
Both buttons open the MassiveGRID PaaS dashboard with Redis Cluster pre-selected. Sign up without a card, name the environment, pick a region, and the package installs in a few minutes.
Redis Cluster Package Facts
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Package | Redis cluster |
| Type | Application (installs a complete environment) |
| Category | Databases |
| Software vendor / project | Redis Ltd. |
| Licence | Redis Source Available License / RSALv2 and SSPLv1 (recent releases); BSD for 7.2 and earlier |
| Runtime / stack | Redis Cluster with sharded primaries and replicas |
| Regions | New York, London, Frankfurt, Singapore |
| Billing | Pay-per-use, about $29.52/month for the Starter configuration (12 cloudlets at $0.003372 per cloudlet-hour), no licence fee |
| Free trial | 14 days, no credit card |
| Uptime SLA | 100% |
What is Redis Cluster?
Redis is the in-memory data store used for caching, sessions, queues, leaderboards, rate limiting and real-time analytics. Redis Cluster mode splits the key space into 16,384 hash slots spread across primaries, with replicas ready to take over, so a single Redis instance's memory and throughput limits no longer apply and a failed node does not lose the cache.
The package deploys the nodes, assigns slots, configures replicas and verifies the cluster, which by hand involves several careful steps. It can be installed standalone or attached to an existing environment as the cache layer for WordPress, Magento, Laravel, Django or any application with a cluster-aware Redis client.
What the Redis Cluster Package Deploys
Marketplace packages are not bare container images. One click provisions a complete, production-shaped environment on MassiveGRID infrastructure. How these nodes are sized and what they cost.
- Sharded primary nodes: Multiple Redis containers each owning a share of the hash slots, so memory and throughput scale horizontally.
- Replica per primary: Each shard has a replica that is promoted automatically if its primary fails.
- Cluster configuration: Slot assignment, node discovery and failover settings applied and verified by the installer.
- Optional encryption: Add the Redis SSL/TLS add-on to enforce encrypted client connections.
What Redis Cluster Costs to Run
Three starting configurations for the Redis Cluster package, sized in cloudlets (1 cloudlet = 128 MiB RAM + 400 MHz CPU) and priced at the published rate of $0.003372 per cloudlet-hour, or $2.46 per cloudlet-month. A Redis cluster is six nodes at minimum (three primaries with a replica each); Redis is memory-bound, so size the nodes to the dataset.
| Configuration | Topology | Cloudlets | Est. per month |
|---|---|---|---|
| StarterSessions and small caches | 6 × Redis node (2 cloudlets, 256 MiB each) | 12 | $29.52 |
| StandardApplication caches up to a few hundred MB | 6 × Redis node (4 cloudlets, 512 MiB each) | 24 | $59.04 |
| ProductionLarge datasets | 6 × Redis node (8 cloudlets, 1 GiB each) | 48 | $118.08 |
Estimates assume the environment averages the listed cloudlets around the clock; billing is hourly, vertical auto-scaling lowers the figure when the application is idle, and volume discounts apply as usage grows. Disk and external traffic are billed per gigabyte on top. No licence fee applies to the package. Pick a row in the installer by setting the cloudlet limits per node, or start small and let auto-scaling grow it. Price a different topology or a working-hours schedule in the PaaS pricing calculator; the PaaS page describes the billing model.
Redis Cluster on MassiveGRID PaaS vs Redis Cloud vs a VPS
The same application three ways: the marketplace package here, the vendor's own hosted offer, and a server you run yourself. Redis Cloud figures were read from the vendor's page on 1 November 2026; re-check them before relying on them.
| Aspect | Redis Cluster on MassiveGRID PaaS | Redis Cloud | A plain VPS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly cost | About $29.52 (Starter, six 256 MiB nodes) to $118.08 (Production, six 1 GiB nodes), before discounts | Free 30 MB; Essentials from $5 a month (250 MB to 100 GB, shared deployment); Pro from $0.014 an hour with a $200 monthly minimum (dedicated, multi-region) | Six small servers or six processes on fewer; plus the clustering work |
| What you manage | The application inside the containers (updates, configuration); the platform runs the infrastructure, scaling and the 100% uptime SLA | Nothing; Redis runs it | Everything: OS, runtime, database, TLS, backups, upgrades |
| Limits and metering | No dataset tiers; capacity is the nodes' cloudlets | Dataset size per plan; Essentials is a shared single database | No metering; limited by the server's size |
| Scaling | Vertical by the cloudlet, automatic and without restart; horizontal on a trigger behind the platform's load balancer | Change the plan size; Pro scales on demand | Resize the server, usually with a reboot; no horizontal scaling without your own load balancer |
| Data location | New York, London, Frankfurt or Singapore, chosen at install; data stays there | Redis Cloud's regions on the hyperscalers | Wherever the VPS is; one server, one location |
| Backups | Database Backup/Restore and Backup Storage add-ons on a schedule, environment clone for rehearsals | Included per plan | Your own cron jobs and off-server copies |
| Availability | 100% uptime SLA, nodes on separate hosts, failed containers restarted or migrated | Up to 99.99% (Essentials) and 99.999% (Pro) per Redis's page | Single server; the provider's hardware SLA only |
| Lock-in | Standard JPS manifest and root access; export the manifest or move the containers at any time | RDB export is standard | None; you own the server |
Where Redis Cloud is the better choice: Redis Cloud is the right answer for a small cache on the Essentials tier where $5 a month and no operations beat any self-managed option, and for multi-region active-active on Pro.
Why Teams Choose Redis Cluster
Horizontal sharding
Grow beyond one server's RAM by adding shards; the cluster rebalances slots.
Automatic failover
Replicas take over failed primaries in seconds with no operator involvement.
Sub-millisecond latency
In-memory operations with persistence options (RDB, AOF) for durability where needed.
Fits every stack
Cluster-aware clients exist for PHP, Python, Node.js, Java, Go, Ruby and .NET.
How to Install Redis Cluster on MassiveGRID PaaS
Installing the package takes three steps and a few minutes of waiting. No servers to provision, no configuration files to edit.
Open the installer
Click Install with free trial or Install to my account. The MassiveGRID PaaS dashboard opens with the Redis Cluster package pre-selected, so nothing has to be copied or pasted.
Sign up or sign in
New to the platform? Sign up for the free 14-day trial, which needs no credit card. Existing customers sign in with their usual dashboard credentials.
Choose region and deploy
Name the environment, pick New York, London, Frankfurt or Singapore, and confirm. The platform builds every Redis Cluster node, wires them together and hands you the live URL and credentials.
Who Runs Redis Cluster on PaaS
Application caching and sessions
Shared cache and session storage for load-balanced WordPress, Magento, Laravel and Django clusters.
Queues and real-time features
Job queues, pub/sub messaging, leaderboards and live counters for web and mobile apps.
Rate limiting and API gateways
Fast counters and token buckets shared across many application servers.
Why Run Redis Cluster on MassiveGRID PaaS
The six-node layout Redis describes, for under $30 a month. Three primaries with a replica each, which the requirements guide explains, on nodes sized to the dataset rather than to a plan.
Memory-bound, so the cloudlet is the right unit. A session store needs 256 MiB per node and a feature store needs gigabytes; the per-node figure scales, the node count does not have to.
Failover and resharding without a ticket. A failed primary is replaced by its replica and the container restarted; growing to a fourth shard moves slots live, as the operations post shows.
Beside the application, on the internal network, with the Redis TLS add-on when a review asks for encryption in transit.
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