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Right. This spanner thing is new to me, but looking at it, I don't see why spanner doesn't/couldn't shard by modulo / checksum to reduce this risk. And I think
by zug_zug 6y ago
Right. This spanner thing is new to me, but looking at it, I don't see why spanner doesn't/couldn't shard by modulo / checksum to reduce this risk. And I think other systems do
- electricshampo1 6y agoIt shards it this way (by primary key ranges) to support efficient range scans.
- zug_zug 6y agoGood point. I guess it would be cool if you could choose the sharding method per-table. I haven't put too much thought into this, but off the top of my head I can imagine a number of different methods suitable for different situations.