# Single Monolithic Store

> Concentrating all data in one store that cannot be partitioned, capping write and storage scalability.

Record: `lexicon:single-monolithic-store`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Performance Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/performance-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-single-monolithic-store

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Sequential Bottleneck](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/sequential-bottleneck.md) and before [Single Target Routing](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/single-target-routing.md).

## Category

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

## Negated by

- [Sharding](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/sharding.md)

## Linked from

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