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Rafał Malinowski
March 15, 2014
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Sharding is hard.
Rafał Malinowski
March 15, 2014
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Transcript
SHARDING server #1 server # server #
Database is still main problem of web app
SCALABILITY !
ALTER TABLE ADD INDEX
JOIN is evil
denormalize users_links user_id link 1 phpers.pl 1 meetphp.pl 1 php3city.pl
… … select count(*) from users_links where user_id=1; users user_id link 1
[email protected]
users_links user_id link 1 phpers.pl 1 meetphp.pl 1 php3city.pl …
… select links_count from users where user_id=1; users user_id link links_count 1
[email protected]
100. 000 denormalize
memcached alternative PHP cache xcache redis
sphinx search lucene ! solr elastic search
Replication master slave slave SELECT UPDATE DELETE INSERT SELECT SELECT
Replication master master master SELECT UPDATE DELETE INSERT SELECT UPDATE
DELETE INSERT SELECT UPDATE DELETE INSERT
Replication is harder than you think!
know your tools
Rafał Malinowski @afterdesign
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SHARDING
Sharding is a type of database partitioning that separates very
large databases into smaller parts called data shards The Internet
user_id link 1 phpers.pl 1 meetphp.pl 1 php3city.pl
user_id link 1 phpers.pl user_id link 1 meetphp.pl user_id link
1 php3city.pl
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How to shard ?
modulo
key % shards count = server id
sh.st/1
crc32('1') % 3 = 2
Sharding is hard. Resharding is harder !
crc32('1') % 3 = 2 crc32('1') % 4 = 3
db0 db1 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3
8 9 db0 db2 db1
db0 db1 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3
8 9 db0 db2 db1 db2 db3
shards moved rows 2 → 3 667 402 2 →
4 500 000 2 → 5 800 468 3 → 4 750 357 3 → 5 800 060 4 → 5 800 247
key map
shard_X url_id goto date
shards_counters shard_id count 1 0 2 0 shard_X url_id goto
date
shard_X url_id goto date shards_counters shard_id count 1 0 2
0 sharding_map url_id shard_id
meetphp.pl
shards_counters shard_id count 1 0 2 0 SELECT `shard_id` FROM
`shards_counters` ORDER BY `count` LIMIT 1;
shards_counters shard_id count 1 1 2 0 meetphp.pl sharding_map url_id
shard_id 1 1 sh.st/1
shards_counters shard_id count 1 1 2 0 shard_1.urls url_id goto
date 1 meetphp.pl 2014-01-01 sharding_map url_id shard_id 1 1
shards_counters shard_id count 1 1 2 0 SELECT `shard_id` FROM
`sharding_map` WHERE `url_id` = 1; sharding_map url_id shard_id 1 1
SELECT * FROM `urls` WHERE `url_id` = 1; shard_1.urls url_id
goto date 1 meetphp.pl 2014-01-01
phpers.pl
shards_counters shard_id count 1 1 2 0 SELECT `shard_id` FROM
`shards_counters` ORDER BY `count` LIMIT 1;
shards_counters shard_id count 1 1 2 1 sharding_map url_id shard_id
1 1 2 2 phpers.pl sh.st/2
shards_counters shard_id count 1 1 2 1 shard_2.urls url_id goto
date 2 phpers.pl 2014-01-01 sharding_map url_id shard_id 1 1 2 2
shards_counters shard_id count 1 1 2 1 SELECT `shard_id` FROM
`sharding_map` WHERE `url_id` = 2; sharding_map url_id shard_id 1 1 2 2
SELECT * FROM `shard_2.urls ` WHERE `url_id` = 2; shard_2.urls
url_id goto date 2 phpers.pl 2014-01-01
Key is unique throughout system
Adding shards ?
consistent hashing
0 max(int) shard_3 crc32('127.0.0.1') = 3619153832 shard_2 crc32('127.0.0.2') = 1321121298
shard_1 crc32('127.0.0.3') = 968459908
0 max(int) meetphp.pl crc32('127.0.0.1') = 3619153832 crc32('127.0.0.2') = 1321121298 crc32('127.0.0.3')
= 968459908
0 max(int) crc32('meetphp.pl') = 3254572804 crc32('127.0.0.1') = 3619153832 crc32('127.0.0.2') =
1321121298 crc32('127.0.0.3') = 968459908 meetphp.pl
sh.st/3254572804 meetphp.pl crc32('meetphp.pl') = 3254572804
shard_3.urls url_id goto date 3254572804 meetphp.pl 2014-01-01 crc32('127.0.0.1') = 3619153832
0 max(int) crc32('127.0.0.1') = 3619153832 crc32('127.0.0.2') = 1321121298 crc32('127.0.0.3') =
968459908 crc32('phpers.pl') = 42311941 phpers.pl
sh.st/42311941 phpers.pl crc32('phpers.pl') = 42311941
shard_1.urls url_id goto date 42311941 phpers.pl 2014-01-01 crc32('127.0.0.3') = 968459908
Searching is expensive
ketama
0 max(int) crc32('127.0.0.1') crc32('127.0.0.2') crc32('127.0.0.3')
buckets = {}
$bucketsCount = 1024; ! for ($i = 0; $i <
$bucketsCount; $i++) { buckets[i] = max(int) / $bucketsCount * i }
crc32('127.0.0.1') crc32('127.0.0.2') crc32('127.0.0.3') 0 max(int) buckets[0] = 127.0.0.2
0 max(int) crc32('127.0.0.1') crc32('127.0.0.2') crc32('127.0.0.3') buckets[261] = 127.0.0.1
crc32('127.0.0.1') crc32('127.0.0.2') crc32('127.0.0.3') 0 max(int) buckets[772] = 127.0.0.1
meetphp.pl crc32('meetphp.pl') = 3254572804 3254572804 % 1024 = 772
buckets[772] = shard 3
phpers.pl crc32('phpers.pl') = 42311941 42311941 % 1024 = 261
buckets[261] = shard 3
shard_3.urls url_id goto date 1 meetphp.pl 2014-01-01 2 phpers.pl 2014-01-01
resharding ?
1 6
1 6 2
1 6 2 3
1 6 2 3
data distribution
oversharding
problems sharding implementation ? which tables shard ? how big
are our tables ?
problems data count pagers/lists
sharding count insert/select one of the last things to do
Rafał Malinowski @afterdesign