MongoDB WT with ext4 Filesystem and its performance issues.
Currently MongoDB Inc., is lacking in a comprehensive explanation of the issues that can arise with WT when running on EXT4. Specifically, details on what the issue is, under what conditions it can manifest, and what the symptoms are. They’ve…
How to Set up a Microservices Architecture in Ruby: A Step by Step Guide
What Are Microservices? Microservices are one of the latest trends in software design where multiple independent services communicate among themselves and have their own processes and resources. This approach differs from a typical client-server application design. The usual client-server application…
Tag-aware Sharding commands
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
WiredTiger’s weird bugs
MognoDB Inc has identified a bug in MongoDB 3.0 where, under very rare circumstances, an integer overflow condition may cause a replica set to become read-only. While this bug does not cause any data loss, it has the potential to cause…
MongoDB ReplSetTest()
replSetTest is an internal command that is not enabled by default. replSetTest must be enabled by using –setParameter enableTestCommands=1 on the mongod command line. replSetTestcannot be enabled during run-time. > var rst = new ReplSetTest( { name: ‘rsTest’, nodes:…
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MongoDB Sharding Best Practices
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 $min and $max on shard key doesn’t target queries ?
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 ?
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;…
$setOnInsert with a shard key – not possible ?
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”,…