Explain sharding.

1.	Explain sharding.
Answer» Sharding is the PROCESS of splitting very large databases into smaller, faster, and EASIER to manage pieces, called data shards. A shard is a small portion or chunk of a large data set. The principle of sharding is to split a logical DATASET into multiple databases in order to store it more EFFICIENTLY. In the case of a dataset that cannot be stored in a SINGLE database, sharding is necessary.

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