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I believe the OP was suggesting using a non-business key that isn't an incremented integer - typically some kind of guid. This allows to shard the data across
by thibaut_barrere 16y ago
I believe the OP was suggesting using a non-business key that isn't an incremented integer - typically some kind of guid.
This allows to shard the data across multiples machines more efficiently, too.
MongoDB (amongst others) use this by default.
- jasonlotito 16y agoMaybe. If he was, it wasn't clear, especially with "Your tables almost always have a better unique key." I took that as meaning using some element of the record. Regardless, you make a good point. =)