1. A method for splitting a database comprising: determining split content to split from the database that stores content from different tenants; marking the split content as read only during a move operation of the split content to a different database; moving the split content to the different database while the database continues to receive and process requests for database operations including write operations to content within the database during the splitting process; and automatically redirecting requests for the split content to the different database upon completion of moving the split content.