Chapter 3: Key Features and Use Cases – Your Distributed Database Essentials
If you have completed the previous chapter, then you will have already acquired an understanding of how Apache ShardingSphere is built, its kernel, and its architecture.
You may also remember how the previous chapter introduced some features that are located in the third layer (L3) of ShardingSphere's architecture. This chapter will introduce you to the most important features of Apache ShardingSphere: the features that will allow you to create a distributed database and perform data sharding – including how they are integrated into its architecture and how they work.
After completing this chapter, you will have expanded your knowledge of the architecture that you gathered in the previous chapter, not only with new knowledge about each specific feature but also the key use cases for each feature.
As you may recall, in Chapter 1, The Evolution of DBMSs, DBAs, and the Role of Apache...
