Medium-Easy Understand Database Scaling Multiple Choice
Which sharding strategy ensures that adding a new shard requires moving minimal data?
Understand — Tests comprehension and ability to explain concepts.
Answer Options
A Range sharding
B Hash sharding (modulo)
C Consistent hashing
D Directory-based sharding
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