What is Data partitioning

Question

Hi!!

I am new to the database, can someone tell me what exactly data partitioning is and how does it benefit us?

Answer 1

This is the process of partitioning tables, indexes into smaller pieces in order to manage and access the data at a finer level.

This reduces the cost of storing a large amount of data as well as enhances the performance and manageability.

Database partitioning also gives us the following advantages:

1. Improves query performance and manageability.
2. Simplifies common administration tasks.
3. Acts as a key tool for building systems with extremely high availability requirements.
4. Allows accessing a large part of a single partition.