Mene ne raba data kuma sharding?

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Accepted Answer

**Raba data** (sharding) yana raba data a gida da servers/databases da yawa don kowannaida ya rijayi wani sashe — yana ba da damar ƙarawa mai kwatance na data da kaya wajhe gida daya. Zabin yadda ake raba (maɓallin raba da dabarar) ana kirki sosai.

## Abin da raba/sharding shi ne

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PARTITIONING / SHARDING → divide data into pieces (partitions/shards) across multiple
servers, each holding a SUBSET:
  → no single server holds (or is overwhelmed by) all the data
  → scales STORAGE and LOAD horizontally (each shard handles its portion)
  → enables handling data/throughput beyond one machine's capacity
```

## Dabararu na raba

```text
HASH-based → hash the partition key → assign to a shard:
  ✓ EVEN distribution (avoids hotspots)  ✗ range queries hard; resharding is tricky
RANGE-based → partition by value ranges (e.g. A-M, N-Z; date ranges):
  ✓ efficient range queries  ✗ risk of HOTSPOTS (uneven load if data/access is skewed)
DIRECTORY/lookup → a lookup table maps keys to shards (flexible, but the lookup is overhead)
GEOGRAPHIC → partition by region (data locality)
```

## Zabin maɓallin: maɓallin raba

```text
The PARTITION KEY (shard key) is the most important decision:
  ✓ HIGH CARDINALITY + EVEN distribution → spreads data/load evenly (no hot shards)
  ✓ Aligns with QUERY patterns → queries hit one shard (efficient) vs all (scatter-gather)
  ✗ A BAD key → hotspots (one shard overloaded), uneven data, or queries hitting all shards
  → hard to change later → choose carefully
```

## Haɗarwa

```text
⚠️ CROSS-SHARD queries/joins are hard (data spread across shards) and slow (scatter-gather)
⚠️ REBALANCING / adding shards is complex (moving data)
⚠️ Transactions across shards are difficult; hotspots; operational complexity
→ powerful for scale, but adds significant complexity → use when truly needed
```

## Me yake ƙarfi

Tuntubar raba data kuma sharding yana da muhimmi saboda ita ce **babbar dabarar ƙarawa da data fiye da gida daya**, matakin gaɓange don tsoffin tsarin, don haka ita ce ilimi mai mahimmanci na tsarin design.

Raba/sharding — raba data a gida da servers da yawa don kowannaida ya rijayi wani sashe — yana ba da damar **ƙarawa mai kwatance na ajiye aiki kuma kaya** fiye da iko na jaki daya, ana buƙar shi lokacin da data ko aiki ya wuce abin da gida daya zai iya jure.

Tuntubar **dabararu** kuma their trade-offs — **hash-based** (rarraba jiya bakin ciki a daidai, amma yana sa range queries kuma resharding da sauri), **range-based** (range queries da sauri amma ana kasanta hotspots daga rari), directory-based (mai sassauci tare da kayan aikinƙudurinƙudi), kuma geographic — ana buƙar don zabin yadda ake raba.

Saƙo da mafi girma, tuntubar cewa **maɓallin raba shine mafi mahimmancin shawarwarin** shine babbar tunani: maɓallin mai kyau (cardinality mai wayo, rarraba jiya bakin ciki ta daidai, ta jiya da tsarin tambaya don tam­bayoyi su bugi gida daya maimakon duka) yana baji kaya a daidai yana ba da damar aiki mai sauri, amma maɓallin mara kyau yana haifar hotspots (gida daya da kaya wayo), data mara daidai, ko scatter-gather queries — kuma saboda rashin sauƙin canjewa gida, zabin da taka-taki ana buktar.

Tuntubar **haɗarwa** — cewa tambayoyin cross-shard kuma joins suna bakin kaifi kuma suna jiya, kuma ƙara shards ita ce hadiya ta tsattsatta, kuma cross-shard transactions suna damuwa — ana buƙar saboda waɗannan yadda yadda yadda yadda suna yadda yadda yadda, don haka ana bukarar sa lokacin da aka bukatar gaɗi (bayan sauƙi scaling kamar caching kuma replication).

Saboda ƙarawa da data fiye da gida daya ita ce mahimmancin gaɓange don tsoffin tsarin kuma raba/sharding (tare da mahimmancin shawarwarin maɓallin-raba kuma its trade-offs kuma haɗarwa) shine dabarar gida, kuma saboda tuntubar dabararu, mahimmancinƙudurinƙudi na maɓallin-raba, kuma haɗarwa ana buktar don tsarin ƙarawa da tsarin, tuntubar raba data kuma sharding yana da muhimmi, ilimi mai mahimmanci na tsarin design — babbar dabarar ƙarawa mai kwatance na data, yana buƙar tuntubar sakasake na dabararu na raba, mahimmancin zabin maɓallin-raba, kuma haɗarwa mai girma, kuma tsakiyar designed tsarin da yadda yadda data fiye da iko na gida daya.