SREcon24 Americas - Sharding: Growing Systems from Node-scale to Planet-scale

SREcon24 Americas - Sharding: Growing Systems from Node-scale to Planet-scale

Adam Mckaig, Stripe

Sharding is an important part of scaling systems. Most start life without it, rightly preferring the simplicity of the monolith on the single-node database. But sooner or later, most systems need to be split up: the database is too big, the workload is too diverse, the risk (and consequences) of total outages is too dire. But when, what, and how? Sharding can increase cost, latency, and — …

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