If you have ever spun up a Redis Cluster, you probably ran into a strange, highly specific hardcoded number: 16,384 . No matter if you configure a tiny cluster of 3 nodes or a massive enterprise deployment of 500 nodes, the total number of Redis hash slots remains exactly the same. Why 16,384?
Source: [Dev.to](https://dev.to/daksh-gargas/why-redis-splits-into-exactly-16384-slots-a-deep-dive-into-distributed-systems-design-4bgh)