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Sharding Challenges

Sharding Challenges

Feb 10, 20261 min read

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Sharding Challenges

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The operational and architectural difficulties that come with distributing data across multiple database instances.

Concepts

  • Cross-Shard Queries
  • Cross-Shard Transactions
  • Rebalancing
  • Hotspots
  • Operational Complexity (Sharding)
  • Referential Integrity

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  • Sharding Challenges
  • Concepts

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  • Cross-Shard Queries
  • Cross-Shard Transactions
  • Hotspots
  • Operational Complexity (Sharding)
  • Rebalancing
  • Referential Integrity
  • Sharding and Partitioning

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