The image shows a sharded database, represented by a Coordinator Database icon and three shard databases below it labeled from left to right, Shard DB1, Shard DB2, and Shard DB3. An icon representing an Application appears to the left of Shard DB1, and an arrow labeled "1" points from Application to Shard DB1. Shard DB1 has an arrow labeled "2" which points to the Coordinator Database. The Coordinator Database has 3 arrows labeled "3" which point to Shard DB1, Shard DB2, and Shard DB3.