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 Conclusion 28 We Can Help 28 Resources 29 Introduction MongoDB is a high-performance, scalable, distributed MongoDB database as a service – MongoDB Atlas Best database designed for a broad array of modern Practices. applications . It is used by organizations of all sizes to power For the most detailed information on specific topics, please mission-critical, operational applications where low latency, see the on-line documentation at mongodb.com. Many high throughput, and continuous availability are critical links are provided throughout this white paper to help requirements of the system. guide users to the appropriate resources. While some aspects of MongoDB are different from traditional relational databases, the concepts of the system, its operations, policies, and procedures will be familia......