Sharding is a type of database partitioning. The sweet spot of cassandra is to supporting fast random reads. This is achieved by grouping data based on a partition key and replicate to different nodes. The querying should be in such a way to look up data of one partition at a time.
Grouping data based on a partition key is a type of sharding. On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 11:11 AM, Mohammed Guller <[email protected]> wrote: > Partitioning is similar to sharding. > > > > Mohammed > > > > *From:* Adaryl "Bob" Wakefield, MBA [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, January 19, 2015 8:28 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* sharding vs what cassandra does > > > > It’s my understanding that the way Cassandra replicates data across nodes > is NOT sharding. Can someone provide a better explanation or correct my > understanding? > > B. > -- Thanks, Nageswara Rao.V *"The LORD reigns"*
