diff --git a/content/roadmaps/101-backend/content/108-more-about-databases/107-sharding-strategies.md b/content/roadmaps/101-backend/content/108-more-about-databases/107-sharding-strategies.md index 8da2891b6..7ef6ad807 100644 --- a/content/roadmaps/101-backend/content/108-more-about-databases/107-sharding-strategies.md +++ b/content/roadmaps/101-backend/content/108-more-about-databases/107-sharding-strategies.md @@ -1 +1,8 @@ -# Sharding strategies \ No newline at end of file +# Sharding strategies + +Sharding strategy is a technique to split a large dataset into smaller chunks (logical shard) in which we distribute these chunks in different machines/database nodes in order to distribute the traffic load. It’s a good mechanism to improve the scalability of an application. + +Free Content + +Database Sharding – System Design Interview Concept +How sharding a database can make it faster