Database sharding refers to the horizontal partitioning of a database with each individual partition called a shard.

数据库分片是指对数据库进行水平分区，其中每个分区称为一个碎片。

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Database sharding provides many advantages, such as faster reads and writes to the database, improved search response, smaller table sizes, and distribution of tables based on need.

数据库分片提供许多优势，比如对数据库的更快读写、改进的搜索响应、更小的表格尺寸以及对表格的按需分配。

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