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• It must be from 8 to 64 characters in length.
• It must contain at least one uppercase letter.
• It must contain at least one lowercase letter.
• It must contain at least one number.
• It can be any printable ASCII character (ASCII code 33 to 126) except single quotation mark,
double quotation mark, \, /, @, or space.
In the following screenshot, examplecluster is the cluster identifier, no custom database name is
specified, 5439 is the port, and masteruser is the master user name.
4. On the Node Configuration page, specify values for the following options, and then click Continue.
Node Type
Select a node type.When you select a node type, the page displays information that corresponds
to the selected node type, such as CPU, Memory, Storage, and I/O Performance.
Cluster Type
Select a cluster type. When you do, the maximum number of compute nodes for the selected
node and cluster type appears in the Maximum box, and the minimum number appears in the
Minimum box.
If you click Single Node, you will have one node that shares leader and compute functionality.
If you click Multi Node, specify the number of compute nodes that you want for the cluster in
Number of Compute Nodes.
In the following screenshot, the dw2.large node type is selected for a Multi Node cluster with two
compute nodes.
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Amazon Redshift Management Guide
Creating a Cluster