From ea83588f8d82d611f064a02d41b5e66b2a31db82 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rachelle Palmer Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2022 07:16:51 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Add sharding strategies resource (#2909) --- .../108-more-about-databases/107-sharding-strategies.md | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/roadmaps/101-backend/content/108-more-about-databases/107-sharding-strategies.md b/content/roadmaps/101-backend/content/108-more-about-databases/107-sharding-strategies.md index 7ef6ad807..fd03a5dc3 100644 --- a/content/roadmaps/101-backend/content/108-more-about-databases/107-sharding-strategies.md +++ b/content/roadmaps/101-backend/content/108-more-about-databases/107-sharding-strategies.md @@ -1,8 +1,9 @@ # Sharding strategies -Sharding strategy is a technique to split a large dataset into smaller chunks (logical shard) in which we distribute these chunks in different machines/database nodes in order to distribute the traffic load. It’s a good mechanism to improve the scalability of an application. +Sharding strategy is a technique to split a large dataset into smaller chunks (logical shard) in which we distribute these chunks in different machines/database nodes in order to distribute the traffic load. It’s a good mechanism to improve the scalability of an application. Many databases support sharding, but not all. Free Content Database Sharding – System Design Interview Concept +Wikipedia - Sharding in Datbase Architectures How sharding a database can make it faster