Sharding

Intent

Sharding pattern means divide the data store into horizontal partitions or shards. Each shard has the same schema, but holds its own distinct subset of the data. A shard is a data store in its own right (it can contain the data for many entities of different types), running on a server acting as a storage node.

Class diagram

Sharding pattern class diagram

Applicability

This pattern offers the following benefits:

• Sharding pattern