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by there 5471 days ago
what kind of sharding scheme do you use?
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Duh: Customers with a last name starting with A through E go in the drawer labelled A-E, etc. We just implemented a RAID 1+0 solution that involves a fleet of entry level workers furiously photocopying every document and putting them in boxes for Iron Mountain...
I'd imagine by filename :)