What is sharding in mongodb? Explain



What is sharding in mongodb? Explain..

Answer / Ravi Kant Kushwaha

Sharding in MongoDB is a method of horizontally partitioning data across multiple machines to improve scalability and performance. It distributes data across several shards, each of which resides on a separate server or group of servers. This allows MongoDB to handle large datasets and high traffic loads more efficiently.

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