# Database Federation Federation (or functional partitioning) splits up databases by function. The federation architecture makes several distinct physical databases appear as one logical database to end-users. Visit the following resources to learn more: - [@article@Database Federation](https://dev.to/karanpratapsingh/system-design-the-complete-course-10fo#database-federation) - [@feed@Explore top posts about Database](https://app.daily.dev/tags/database?ref=roadmapsh)