Configuring a Database with Range Partitions
- Last Updated: April 14, 2026
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- MarkLogic Server
- Version 10.0
- Documentation
If a database is to participate in a tiered storage scheme using range partitions, it must have the following settings:
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Rebalancer enable set to
true -
Rebalancer Assignment Policy set to
range -
Locking set to
strict -
A range index established for the partition key, as described in Range Indexes and Lexicons
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A partition key, as described in Defining a Range Partition Key
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Range partitions, as described in Creating Range Partitions
Warning: All of the forests in a database configured for tiered storage using range partitions must be part of a partition.
For details on how to configure the database rebalancer with the range assignment policy, see the sections Range Assignment Policy, Configuring the Rebalancer on a Database, and Configuring the Rebalancer on a Forest.