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 # Clustering
 
-:::{todo} Implement.
 
-About scalability through partitioning, sharding, and replication.
-Also about cross cluster replication.
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+**CrateDB provides scalability through partitioning, sharding, and replication.**
 
-:::{seealso}
-**Domains:**
-[](#metrics-store) •
-[](#analytics) •
-[](#industrial) •
-[](#timeseries) •
-[](#machine-learning)
+:::{rubric} Overview
+:::
+CrateDB uses a shared nothing architecture to form high-availability, resilient
+database clusters with minimal effort of configuration, effectively implementing
+a distributed SQL database.
+
+:::{rubric} About
+:::
+CrateDB relies on Lucene for storage and inherits components from Elasticsearch/
+OpenSearch for cluster consensus. Fundamental concepts of CrateDB are familiar
+to Elasticsearch users, because the fundamental implementation is actually the same.
 
-**Product:**
-[Relational Database]
+:::{rubric} Details
 :::
 
+Sharding and partitioning are techniques used to distribute data evenly across
+multiple nodes in a cluster, ensuring data scalability, availability, and
+performance.
+
+Replication can be applied to increase redundancy, which reduces the chance of
+data loss, and to improve read performance.
+
+:Sharding:
+
+    In CrateDB, tables are split into a configured number of shards. Then, the
+    shards are distributed across multiple nodes of the database cluster.
+    Each shard in CrateDB is stored in a dedicated Lucene index.
+
+    You can think of shards as a self-contained part of a table, that includes
+    both a subset of records and the corresponding indexing structures.
+
+    Figuring out how many shards to use for your tables requires you to think about
+    the type of data you are processing, the types of queries you are running, and
+    the type of hardware you are using.
+
+:Partitioning:
+
+    CrateDB also supports splitting up data across another dimension with
+    partitioning.
+    Tables can be partitioned by defining partition columns.
+    You can think of a partition as a set of shards.
+
+    - Partitioned tables optimize access efficiency when querying data, because only
+      a subset of data needs to be addressed and acquired.
+    - Each partition can be backed up and restored individually, for efficient operations.
+    - Tables allow to change the number of shards even after creation time for future
+      partitions. This feature enables you to start out with few shards per partition,
+      and scale up the number of shards for later partitions once traffic
+      and ingest rates increase over the lifetime of your application or system.
+
+:Replication:
+
+    You can configure CrateDB to replicate tables. When you configure replication,
+    CrateDB will ensure that every table shard has one or more copies available
+    at all times.
+
+    Replication can also improve read performance because any increase in the
+    number of shards distributed across a cluster also increases the
+    opportunities for CrateDB to parallelize query execution across multiple nodes.
+
+::::
+
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+
+:::{rubric} Concepts
+:::
+- {ref}`crate-reference:concept-clustering`
+- {ref}`crate-reference:concept-storage-consistency`
+- {ref}`crate-reference:concept-resiliency`
+
+:::{rubric} Reference Manual
+:::
+- {ref}`crate-reference:ddl-sharding`
+- {ref}`crate-reference:partitioned-tables`
+- {ref}`Partition columns <gloss-partition-column>`
+- {ref}`crate-reference:ddl-replication`
+
+{tags-primary}`Clustering`
+{tags-primary}`Sharding`
+{tags-primary}`Partitioning`
+{tags-primary}`Replication`
+::::
+
+:::::
+
+
+## Synopsis
+With a monthly throughput of 300 GB, partitioning your table by month,
+and using six shards, each shard will manage 50 GB of data, which is
+within the recommended size range (5 - 100 GB).
+
+Through replication, the table will store three copies of your data,
+in order to reduce the chance of permanent data loss.
+```sql
+CREATE TABLE timeseries_table (
+    ts TIMESTAMP,
+    val DOUBLE PRECISION,
+    part GENERATED ALWAYS AS date_trunc('month', ts)
+)
+CLUSTERED INTO 6 SHARDS
+PARTITIONED BY (part)
+WITH (number_of_replicas = 2);
+```
+
+
+## Learn
+Individual characteristics and shapes of data need different sharding and
+partitioning strategies. Learn about the details of shard allocation, that
+will support you to choose the right strategy for your data and your most
+prominent types of workloads.
+
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+:::{grid-item-card}
+:link: sharding-partitioning
+:link-type: ref
+:link-alt: Sharding and Partitioning
+:padding: 3
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+:class-body: sd-text-center2 sd-fs2-5
+:class-footer: text-smaller
+Sharding and Partitioning
+^^^
+- Introduction to the concepts of sharding and partitioning.
+- Learn how to choose a strategy that fits your needs.
++++
+{material-outlined}`lightbulb;1.8em`
+An in-depth guide on how to configure sharding and partitioning,
+presenting best practices and examples.
+:::
+
+:::{grid-item-card}
+:link: sharding-performance
+:link-type: ref
+:link-alt: Sharding and Partitioning
+:padding: 3
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+:class-body: sd-text-center2 sd-fs2-5
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+Sharding Performance Guide
+^^^
+- Optimising for query performance.
+- Optimising for ingestion performance.
++++
+{material-outlined}`lightbulb;1.8em`
+Guidelines about balancing your strategy to yield the best performance for your workloads.
+:::
+
+:::{grid-item-card}
+:link: https://community.cratedb.com/t/sharding-and-partitioning-guide-for-time-series-data/737
+:link-alt: Sharding and partitioning guide for time-series data
+:padding: 3
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+Sharding and partitioning guide for time-series data
+^^^
+A hands-on walkthrough to support you with building a sharding and partitioning
+strategy for your time series data.
++++
+{material-outlined}`lightbulb;1.8em`
+Includes details about partitioning, sharding, and replication. Gives valuable
+advises about relevant topic matters.
+:::
 
-[Relational Database]: https://cratedb.com/solutions/relational-database
+::::

docs/feature/index.md

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 connectivity/index
 :::
+:::{toctree}
+:maxdepth: 1
+
+cluster/index
+:::
 +++
 CrateDB scales horizontally using a shared-nothing
 architecture, inherited from Elasticsearch.

docs/performance/index.rst

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    :maxdepth: 2
 
-   sharding
+   Sharding <sharding>
    inserts/index
    selects

docs/performance/sharding.rst

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 .. _sharding_guide:
+.. _sharding-performance:
 
-==============
-Sharding Guide
-==============
+==========================
+Sharding Performance Guide
+==========================
 
 This document is a sharding best practice guide for CrateDB.