Database Scaling (Sharding & Replication)

Splitting data across machines (sharding) and copying it across machines (replication) — solving two different scaling problems.

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24 min

Practice MCQs

25

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25

Edition

v3

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Reviewed

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Scope: Vendor-neutral distributed-systems principles; current AWS architecture guidance.