Data Partitioning in System Design [Explained]

Data partitioning in simple terms is a method of distributing data across multiple tables, systems or sites to improve query processing performance and make the data more manageable. Data can be partitioned in many different ways and depending on the type of data it is partitioned in different methods.

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The problem / Why Data Partitioning is needed?Types of Data partitioning
2.1. Horizontal Partitioning
2.2. Vertical ParitioningPartitioning Techniques
3.1. Hash Based partitio...