Naming convention for HALDB partitions

You assign names to each partition. Partition names are 1–7 bytes in length.

These names must be unique among the database names, partition names, and Fast Path area names that are registered in the RECON data set. You can use partition names to describe the data in the partition, but choose such names carefully. If you add or delete partitions or modify their boundaries, data might move from one partition to another. This movement can make the assignment of meaningful names difficult. You cannot change the name of an existing partition without deleting it and redefining it as a new partition.