The Basics of Database Sharding and Partitioning in System Design

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Learn the basics of database sharding and partitioning in system design with this video! Database sharding and partitioning are both about breaking up a large data set into smaller subsets. Sharding implies that the data is spread across multiple databases, while partitioning usually implies dividing a table into multiple pieces based on some separation criteria. We'll explain the differences between these two concepts and when to use each one.

Chapters -
00:00 - Intro
01:18 - Sharding techniques
02:43 - Manual vs Automatic sharding
04:27 - Advantages of sharding
05:13 - Disadvantages of sharding

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