PEACOD: a platform for evaluation and comparison of database partitioning schemes

Database partitioning is a common technique adopted by database systems running on single or multiple physical machines. It is always crucial yet challenging for a DBA to choose an appropriate partitioning scheme for a database according to a specific query workload. In this paper, we present PEACOD, a platform that aims to ease the burden of DBAs for database partitioning design. By automating the processing of database partitioning scheme evaluation and comparison, PEACOD provides the DBAs with a conventional way to choose a suitable scheme.