Summary of Assignment Policies
The following table summarizes the characteristics of the rebalancer assignment policies:
Policy |
Data Movement |
Deterministic? |
Backward Compatible? |
|---|---|---|---|
Bucket |
Less |
Yes (URI based) |
No |
Segment |
Most |
Yes (URI based) |
No |
Statistical |
Least |
No |
No |
Range |
Less |
Yes (Partition key based) |
No |
Query |
Less |
Yes (Partition key based) |
No |
Legacy |
Most |
Yes (URI based) |
Yes |