Partitioning is similar to sharding. Mohammed
From: Adaryl "Bob" Wakefield, MBA [mailto:adaryl.wakefi...@hotmail.com] Sent: Monday, January 19, 2015 8:28 PM To: user@cassandra.apache.org Subject: sharding vs what cassandra does It’s my understanding that the way Cassandra replicates data across nodes is NOT sharding. Can someone provide a better explanation or correct my understanding? B.