# Rebalancing Complexity

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

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Readability/Maintainability](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/readability-maintainability.md) and before [Session Affinity](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/session-affinity.md).

## Category

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

## In tension with

- [Partitioning](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/partitioning.md)
- [Partitioning / Rebalancing Complexity](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/partitioning-rebalancing-complexity.md)

## Linked from

- [Scalability / Performance / Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-scalability-performance-optimization.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)