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resharding

resharding is the present participle and gerund of reshard.

Meaning of reshard

Verb

reshard (third-person singular simple present reshards, present participle resharding, simple past and past participle resharded)

  1. (transitive) To redivide (a database) into shards.
    • The separation of values into those partitions is performed on fixed boundaries: you have to set fixed rules ahead of time to route values to their appropriate store. With it comes the inherent difficulty of having to reshard the data when one of the horizontal partitions exceeds its capacity.2011, Lars George, HBase: The Definitive Guide: Random Access to Your Planet-Size Data

Questions about resharding

What is resharding the present participle and gerund of?
Resharding is the present participle and gerund of reshard.

Words near resharding in the dictionary

  1. reshapeth
  2. reshaping
  3. reshapings
  4. reshard
  5. resharded
  6. resharding
  7. reshards
  8. reshare
  9. reshared
  10. reshares
  11. resharing

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