# Shard
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Represents a collection of nodes in a cluster. One node in the node group is the read/write primary node. All the other nodes are read-only Replica nodes.

## Contents
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 ** Name **   <a name="MemoryDB-Type-Shard-Name"></a>
The name of the shard  
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** Nodes **   <a name="MemoryDB-Type-Shard-Nodes"></a>
A list containing information about individual nodes within the shard  
Type: Array of [Node](API_Node.md) objects  
Required: No

 ** NumberOfNodes **   <a name="MemoryDB-Type-Shard-NumberOfNodes"></a>
The number of nodes in the shard  
Type: Integer  
Required: No

 ** Slots **   <a name="MemoryDB-Type-Shard-Slots"></a>
The keyspace for this shard.  
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** Status **   <a name="MemoryDB-Type-Shard-Status"></a>
The current state of this replication group - creating, available, modifying, deleting.  
Type: String  
Required: No

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/memorydb-2021-01-01/Shard) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/memorydb-2021-01-01/Shard) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/memorydb-2021-01-01/Shard)