Chapter 09

Database Sharding

Split one database into many when a single machine can't hold the data or write load, and choose a sharding key that won't bite you later.

What You'll Learn in This Chapter:

✦Horizontal database partitioning
✦Sharding key selection criteria
✦Consistent hashing for sharding
✦Resharding and hot spots mitigation

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