Why Does TiDB Lightning Pre-check the Number of Empty Regions?

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Original topic: TiDB Lightning 前置检查为什么检查空region的数量

| username: Raymond

May I ask why lightning needs to check the number of empty regions during the pre-check? What is the purpose of doing this?

| username: WalterWj | Original post link

Too many empty regions affect performance, right? I understand.