What is Resharding?

Sharding — also called horizontal partitioning — is a way to separate a network into multiple databases or networks. Resharding is the process of adjusting the number of shards in a data stream, typically done to adjust to network demands or increase data transaction throughput. While resharding has data transmission benefits, it can be challenging to reshard a network while retaining data availability and integrity. While found on shard-implementing decentralized blockchains, resharding is also utilized on centralized and distributed networks.