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Aug 4, 2018 · Databases

Mastering Database Sharding: Strategies, Pitfalls, and Practical Tips

This article reviews the background, side effects, sharding strategies, and key considerations of database partitioning, illustrating challenges such as merge‑sort pagination, deep‑paging performance, hash‑based routing, and integration issues with Sharding‑JDBC, while offering practical solutions and best‑practice recommendations.