docs(influxdb3-enterprise): rename PachaTree partitions to shards#7189
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| |:------------|:-------------|:------------|:---------|:---------|:---------|:----------|:-----------| | ||
| | wal_001 | p_1 | db_1 | t_1 | 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z | 2024-01-01T00:10:00Z | 50000 | 2456789 | | ||
| | wal_002 | p_1 | db_1 | t_1 | 2024-01-01T00:10:00Z | 2024-01-01T00:20:00Z | 48000 | 2345678 | | ||
| | wal_file_id | shard_start_time | shard_duration_seconds | min_time | max_time | row_count | size_bytes | |
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The field names are actually shard_start_time and shard_duration_seconds
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| - **WAL accumulation**: Track the number and size of unmerged WAL files | ||
| - **Partition distribution**: See how data is distributed across partitions | ||
| - **Shard distribution**: See how data is distributed across shards |
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I think @pauldix mentioned that the WAL is no longer partitioned/sharded. Maybe we should rename these fields 🤔
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| | Option | Description | Default | | ||
| |:-------|:------------|:--------| | ||
| | `--pt-partition-count` | Target number of partitions per compaction window. | `1` | | ||
| | `--pt-shard-count` | Target number of shards per compaction window. | `1` | |
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FYI this relates to a code change that will first appear in the 3.10 release (not sure how the docs are versioned) |
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We are updating the term "partition" to "shard" so we should also update the customer facing flags
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