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Sharding vs Alternatives

Sharding vs Alternatives

Feb 10, 20261 min read

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Sharding vs Alternatives

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Sharding is complex and should be a last resort. Many workloads can be addressed by simpler alternatives first.

Concepts

  • Vertical Scaling First
  • Read Replicas Alternative
  • Partitioning Alternative
  • Caching Layer Alternative
  • Archive Old Data

sharding alternatives


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  • Archive Old Data
  • Caching Layer Alternative
  • Partitioning Alternative
  • Read Replicas Alternative
  • Vertical Scaling First
  • Sharding and Partitioning

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