# Rebalancing Complexity

> The degree of difficulty of redistributing data when partitions are added or removed.

Record: `lex:rebalancing-complexity`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Performance Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/performance-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-rebalancing-complexity

## category

- [Scalability / Performance / Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/scalability-performance-optimization.md)

## referenced-by

- [Partitioning](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/partitioning.md)