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🗄️ Databases easy ⚡ 40 XP

What is the key difference between partitioning and sharding?

Partitioning divides one logical table into pieces (by range, list, or hash) inside a single instance, mainly for manageability and pruning. Sharding distributes data across separate database servers to scale beyond one machine.

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