10gen-MongoDBOperationsBestPractices

A MongoDB White Paper MongoDB Operations Best Practices MongoDB 3.4 January 2017 Table of Contents Introduction 1 Roles and Responsibilities 1 Preparing for a MongoDB Deployment 3 Continuous Availability 14 Scaling a MongoDB System 18 Managing MongoDB 20 Security 26 MongoDB Atlas: Database as a Service For MongoDB 28 common for each role to be assumed by an individual or Network Administrator team dedicated to those tasks. For example, in a large investment bank there may be a very strong delineation A MongoDB deployment typically involves multiple servers between the functional responsibilities of a DBA and those distributed within and across multiple data centers. of a system administrator. Network resources are a critical component of a MongoDB system. While MongoDB does not require any custom configurations or resources as compared to other database Database Administrator (DBA) systems, the network administrator should be consulted to ensure the appropriate policies, procedures, configurations, As with other database systems, many factors should be capacity, and security settings are implemented for the cons......