Sharding on Rik Kisnah - Bloghttps://www.rik-kisnah.ai/tags/sharding/Recent content in Sharding on Rik Kisnah - BlogHugoenTue, 19 Mar 2019 09:00:00 -0800Consistent Hashinghttps://www.rik-kisnah.ai/teach/systems/consistent-hashing/Tue, 19 Mar 2019 09:00:00 -0800https://www.rik-kisnah.ai/teach/systems/consistent-hashing/Put the servers on a clock face. Put each key on the clock face too. Walk clockwise to find its server. Add a server and only the keys just behind it move. This is how caches, key-value stores and load balancers all share work without a reshuffle.