DynamoDB Partitions Internal

  • DynamoDB stores data in partitions.
  • Partition key go through hashing algorithms to know which partititon to go to
  • WCUs and RCUs are spread evently across partitions
    • if you have 10 partition and 10 RCUs, 10 WCUs
    • Each partition has 1 RCU and 1 WCU