Level 2: Data · L2.3 Partitioning / sharding & consistent hashing
Why and when to shard
Decide when sharding is needed after replication and caching.
12 min · Pro
What you take away
- Sharding is the answer to write volume and data size — the two things replicas and caches cannot help with.
And 3 more inside the class, in Pro.
How the class is laid out
- The problem
- Try these first
- Check your understanding