Sharding
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What is Sharding?
Database sharding is a method of distributing data across multiple machines. It is a horizontal scaling technique, as opposed to vertical scaling, which is scaling by adding more power to a single machine. Sharding is a common way to scale a database.
Free resources to learn Sharding
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Sharding: common questions
Can I learn Sharding in Hindi?
This lesson is written in English. Once you sign in, open it in the interactive course and ask the AI tutor to explain Sharding in Hindi or Hinglish. The tutor answers from this lesson’s own text, so it stays on the syllabus, and it runs on your own Google, OpenAI or Anthropic key.
Is this Sharding tutorial for beginners?
It is lesson 174 of 188 in the free Computer Science roadmap, in stage 20, Security. If you are new to Computer Science, start from stage 1 and come back here in order; if you already know the earlier stages, this lesson stands on its own.