Further Reading: Sharding & Partitioning
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Research Papers
"Scalable Web Architecture and Distributed Systems" (Barroso & Hölzle) - Sharding and partitioning patterns
Additional Resources
Books
"Designing Data-Intensive Applications" by Martin Kleppmann - Chapter on partitioning - Sharding strategies
Key Takeaways
- Range partitioning: Supports range queries, may have hot spots
- Hash partitioning: Even distribution, no range queries
- Consistent hashing: Minimal rebalancing
- Hot spots: Design keys to avoid hot spots
Related Topics
- Bigtable: Design & Tradeoffs - Key design in Bigtable
- BigQuery Architecture - Partitioning in BigQuery
- Back to Distributed Systems