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What is the use of sharding?
What is the use of sharding?
KimonoSerenity
Thu Nov 21 2024
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I'm interested in understanding the purpose of sharding. Could someone explain to me what the main uses of sharding are, particularly in the context of databases and how it helps with data management and scalability?
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Eleonora
Sat Nov 23 2024
It involves dividing extensive datasets into smaller fragments.
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Bianca
Sat Nov 23 2024
These fragments are organized into separate rows and columns.
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noah_harrison_philosopher
Sat Nov 23 2024
Each of these smaller tables is individually referred to as a shard.
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BlockchainBaron
Sat Nov 23 2024
Sharding represents a sophisticated approach to managing data.
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Sara
Sat Nov 23 2024
Several NoSQL databases, such as Apache HBase and MongoDB, utilize shards.
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