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Data Partitioning

Explore the concept of data partitioning in distributed systems to understand how dividing data into smaller independent chunks helps scale applications and improve query efficiency. Learn how partitioning combined with replication supports both system scalability and availability in growing data environments.

When we discussed replication, we assumed that the My Cool App had such an amount of data that it was always possible to store the whole copy of the app in a single machine. But in reality, as a system grows, it is no longer feasible for all the data to be stored in a single ...