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Database Sharding Strategies: Why You Should Probably Scale Up Instead (And How to Shard If You Must)

It is April 2018. GDPR is looming, your master database is choking on IOPS, and you think sharding is the answer. As a battle-hardened sysadmin, I'm here to tell you: upgrading your vertical stack on CoolVDS is usually smarter. But if you truly have 'Facebook-scale' problems, here is the manual on how to shard without destroying your data integrity.

Database Sharding Strategies: Surviving High Concurrency in a Post-GDPR World

Vertical scaling hits a wall. This guide explores practical database sharding strategies using ProxySQL and MySQL 5.7, ensuring low latency and compliance within the Norwegian hosting infrastructure.