Is it true effects of de-normalization on database performance are unpredictable
Yes
What should be the logical model normalization level, if de normalization has to be taken
3NF
What are trade-offs of de-normalization
Performance
Ease-of-use
Maintenance
Storage
What is formula of sorting
O(n log n)
Does Horizontal splitting a Divide&Conquer technique
Yes
Can we reverse Round robin and random splitting
No
What are hot spots
uneven distribution of data
Does Range and expression splitting leads to hot spots
Yes
Which one is cheapest partitioning algorithm
Round-robin
What is the most common use of range partitioning
on date