Consistent hashing is a special kind of hashing such that when a hash table is resized and consistent hashing is used, only k/n
keys need to be remapped on average, where k
is the number of keys, and n
is the number of slots.
Consistent hashing is a special kind of hashing such that when a hash table is resized and consistent hashing is used, only k/n
keys need to be remapped on average, where k
is the number of keys, and n
is the number of slots.