Scaling the Database Tier π
Unlike stateless application servers, databases store state and are significantly harder to scale. We use read replication and sharding to overcome write bottleneck limits.
Unlike stateless application servers, databases store state and are significantly harder to scale. We use read replication and sharding to overcome write bottleneck limits.
What is database sharding?
Tap card to flipHorizontal partitioning where rows of a database table are split across multiple independent database servers.
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What is database sharding?
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