use dbversity db.nosql.ensureIndex({“mongodb” : 1}) db.rbdms.ensureIndex({“oracle” : 1}) db.newsql.ensureIndex({“memsql” : 1}) sh.enableSharding(“dbversity”) use admin db.runCommand({shardCollection: “dbversity.nosql”, key : {“mongodb”:1}}) db.runCommand({shardCollection: “dbversity.rbdms”, key : {“oracle”:1}}) db.runCommand({shardCollection: “dbversity.newsql”, key : {“memsql”:1}}) sh.startBalancer() sh.isBalancerRunning() sh.getBalancerState() for (var i=0; i
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MongoDB Sharding is a complex operation for the db cluster and below are the reasons to shard. Whole data doesn’t fit on one server’s storage (Disk Space) Disk IO & CPU Working set doesn’t fit in one server’s RAM Write…
Using $gte and $lt on the shard key fields inside a query will cause it the query to be targeted to only the appropriate shards. However, using the $min and $max query operators (while hinting on the shard key) doesn’t…
Shard key can not exceed 128 characters, if you try so Mongo doesn’t create an Index for that Shard key and as a result such sharded collection without index for sharding key will case performance degradation. mongos> use sharding_test;…
Having the collection empty, when trying to do an upsert using $setOnInsert on a shard key I get the following error: Can’t modify shard key’s value. field: card: 1.0 collection: vizvid.total_video_views mongos> db.dbversity.status() { “sharded” : true, “ns” : “dbfry.dbversity”,…