Database Partition

A Database Partition is a part of a database or its constituent elements into distinct independent parts.

Context:
- It can (typically) be a part of a Partitioned Database.
- It can range from being a Vertical Partition to being a Horizontal Partition.
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See: Database, Optimization (Computer Science), Availability.

References

(Wikipedia, 2020) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_(database) Retrieved:2020-9-4.
- A partition is a division of a logical database or its constituent elements into distinct independent parts. Database partitioning is normally done for manageability, performance or availability reasons, or for load balancing. It is popular in distributed database management systems, where each partition may be spread over multiple nodes, with users at the node performing local transactions on the partition. This increases performance for sites that have regular transactions involving certain views of data, whilst maintaining availability and security.

(Wikipedia, 2014) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/partition_(database) Retrieved:2014-8-11.
- A partition is a division of a logical database or its constituent elements into distinct independent parts. Database partitioning is normally done for manageability, performance or availability reasons.