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What is DATABASE SHARDING?

Gaurav Sen766K subscribers

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Covers horizontal partitioning of a database: choosing a shard key, hot spots, re-sharding pain and cross-shard queries, framed as the trade-offs an engineer actually has to weigh.

What you'll learn

Database sharding: partitioning data across machines, shard keys and their trade-offs.

Programming & CS

Video by Gaurav Sen, played through YouTube's embedded player.

Part of System Design Playlist