GK Question

technology medium mcq

Which database feature enables automatic distribution of data across multiple nodes for scalability?

  1. Indexing
  2. Sharding
  3. Replication
  4. Caching

Answer: Sharding

Sharding partitions data horizontally across nodes based on key ranges or hashes, enabling horizontal scaling. Critical for handling large datasets in distributed databases.

Topic Database Technologies
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