Key-Range Partitions

A Fixed Partition provides a good way to distribute data over many nodes when clients are accessing a single key at a time. If, however, a client wants a range of values, such as all names from "a" to "f", then they'll need to access every node. Unmesh Joshi explains how a Key-Range Partition provides a better alternative for this kind of data access.

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https://martinfowler.com/articles/patterns-of-distributed-systems/key-range-partitions.html

Created 2y | Aug 25, 2022, 1:20:19 PM


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