👉 Sharding is a distributed computing model that divides data into smaller, more manageable chunks called shards, and distributes them across multiple nodes in a cluster. This allows for faster retrieval of data by reducing network traffic and improving system efficiency. In a sharded database, each shard contains all the relevant data from one source or another. The data is stored in separate storage units (shards), which can be accessed at different points in time. This approach enables efficient querying and updates of data without having to access
