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title: "Cloud DB for Cache glossary"
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> ## Documentation Index
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# Cloud DB for Cache glossary

Available in Classic and VPC

You must know some terms to use Cloud DB for Cache. The glossary and its description are as follows:

### Backup

Feature of Cloud DB for Cache to view backup information set for each server to keep your cache data of subscribing users and perform restoration with backup files

### Config Group

Feature of Cloud DB for Cache to group created DB Servers, assign the same configuration value to servers in the group, and manage them efficiently

### Event

Feature of Cloud DB for Cache server to collect occurred events and view their history

### Master

Main server with the high availability feature being used

### Mode

DB Cluster and DB Simple as types of DB

### Monitoring

Features of Cloud DB for Cache to view server performance related to the running DB Server and monitoring information related to the operating system

### DB Cluster

DB can distribute traffic through data sharding using Master and Slave methods

### DB Service

Group name for DB Server by roles

### DB Simple

Default DB using the Master and Slave method

### Role

Stand Alone, Master, Standby-Master as three types of roles of DB Server

### Stand Alone

Stand-alone server that does not use the high availability feature

### Standby-Master

Backup server with the high availability feature being used

### Node

Refers to DB Server in Cloud DB for Cache provided in the cloud environment

### Data sharding

A technique to partition multiple DBMS for processing large amounts of data, dividing the data outside the DBMS rather than withing it

### Master node

Main server in Cluster

### Shard

Data unit partitioned in DB Cluster

### Salve node

Backup server in Cluster

              Note

              

For more information on terms, see [Glossary](https://www.ncloud.com/guideCenter/glossary) on the NAVER Cloud Platform portal.