In a scenario where you need to balance the data across partitions to optimize query performance, which partition hint would you use and why? Explain the process and implications of using `rebalance` versus `coalesce`.

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Use coalesce to reduce the number of partitions, which helps in balancing data but can lead to larger partitions if not used carefully.

12.5%

Use rebalance to evenly distribute data across partitions, ensuring that each partition has a similar amount of data, which optimizes query performance.

57.7%

Use repartition to increase the number of partitions, which can help in balancing data but involves full data shuffling.

14.4%

Use repartitionByRange to balance data based on the range of values, which is useful for range-based queries but not for general data balancing.

15.4%

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In a scenario where you need to balance the data across partitions to optimize query performance, which partition hint would you use and why? Explain the process and implications of using `rebalance` versus `coalesce`.

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In a scenario where you need to balance the data across partitions to optimize query performance, which partition hint would you use and why? Explain the process and implications of using rebalance versus coalesce.

In a scenario where you need to balance the data across partitions to optimize query performance, which partition hint would you use and why? Explain the process and implications of using `rebalance` versus `coalesce`.