# Components

Apache Pinot™ is a database designed to deliver highly concurrent, ultra-low-latency queries on large datasets through a set of common data model abstractions. Delivering on these goals requires several foundational architectural commitments, including:

* Storing data in columnar form to support high-performance scanning
* Sharding of data to scale both storage and computation
* A distributed architecture designed to scale capacity linearly
* A tabular data model read by SQL queries

## Components

Learn about the major components and logical abstractions used in Pinot.

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#### Operator reference

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[Cluster](/architecture-and-concepts/components/cluster.md)
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[Controller](/architecture-and-concepts/components/cluster/controller.md)
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[Broker](/architecture-and-concepts/components/cluster/broker.md)
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[Server](/architecture-and-concepts/components/cluster/server.md)
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[Minion](/architecture-and-concepts/components/cluster/minion.md)
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[Tenant](/architecture-and-concepts/components/cluster/tenant.md)
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#### Developer reference

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[Table](/architecture-and-concepts/components/table.md)
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[Schema](/architecture-and-concepts/components/table/schema.md)
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[Segment](/architecture-and-concepts/components/table/segment.md)
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