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Sharded Cluster TutorialsΒΆ
The following tutorials provide instructions for administering sharded clusters. For a higher-level overview, see Sharding.
- Sharded Cluster Deployment Tutorials
Instructions for deploying sharded clusters, adding shards, selecting shard keys, and the initial configuration of sharded clusters.
- Deploy a Sharded Cluster
- Set up a sharded cluster by creating the needed data directories, starting the required MongoDB instances, and configuring the cluster settings.
- Considerations for Selecting Shard Keys
- Choose the field that MongoDB uses to parse a collection’s documents for distribution over the cluster’s shards. Each shard holds documents with values within a certain range.
- Shard a Collection Using a Hashed Shard Key
- Shard a collection based on hashes of a field’s values in order to ensure even distribution over the collection’s shards.
- Add Shards to a Cluster
- Add a shard to add capacity to a sharded cluster.
Continue reading from Sharded Cluster Deployment Tutorials for additional tutorials.
- Sharded Cluster Maintenance Tutorials
Procedures and tasks for common operations on active sharded clusters.
- View Cluster Configuration
- View status information about the cluster’s databases, shards, and chunks.
- Remove Shards from an Existing Sharded Cluster
- Migrate a single shard’s data and remove the shard.
- Manage Shard Tags
- Use tags to associate specific ranges of shard key values with specific shards.
Continue reading from Sharded Cluster Maintenance Tutorials for additional tutorials.
- Sharded Cluster Data Management
- Practices that address common issues in managing large sharded data sets.
- Troubleshoot Sharded Clusters
- Presents solutions to common issues and concerns relevant to the administration and use of sharded clusters. Refer to FAQ: MongoDB Diagnostics for general diagnostic information.
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