wohali commented on a change in pull request #338: Fix ambiguity in documentation on shards and replicas URL: https://github.com/apache/couchdb-documentation/pull/338#discussion_r224557326
########## File path: src/cluster/theory.rst ########## @@ -50,9 +50,10 @@ set using the w parameter. If fewer than this number of nodes is available, a We will focus on the shards and replicas for now. -A shard is a part of a database. The more shards, the more you can scale out. -If you have 4 shards, that means that you can have at most 4 nodes. With one -shard you can have only one node, just as with CouchDB 1.x. +A shard is a part of a database. It can be replicated multiple times. The more +copies of a shard, the more you can scale out. If you have 4 replicas, that +means that you can have at most 4 nodes. With one replica you can have only one Review comment: "means that all 4 copies of this specific shard will live on at most 4 nodes." ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected] With regards, Apache Git Services
