Database systems and applications for assigning records to chunks of a partition in a non-relational database system with auto-balancing
US11921750B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 29, 2018 |
| Grant date | Mar 5, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 1, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/252
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and system are provided for assigning a particular record into a chunk of a partition within a non-relational database system. When a number of records in a particular candidate chunk is greater than a particular threshold number, an application performs an auto-balancing operation to split the particular candidate chunk such that records originally assigned to the particular candidate chunk are divided among the particular candidate chunk and a new chunk. Some of the number of records that were originally part of the particular candidate chunk are assigned to a new chunk and the other remaining ones of the number of records that were originally part of the particular candidate chunk remain assigned to the particular candidate chunk.
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