MongoDB: Sharding Production Databases

As databases sizes continue to expand, managing those databases- specifically scalability and performance requires planning ahead. MongoDB meets these demands through sharding, a horizontal scaling approach that allows you to add more machines to support data growth and read/write operations. In this session, we'll review a case study of sharding production datasets, what went right, what went wrong, and what I'll do different next time. Expect to walk away from this session with: What is sharding How we knew it was time to shard What to shard Choosing a shard key Building servers Integrating sharding into a production environment Monitoring for success and failure Lessons learned Things you can do today in your own environment to benefit from my mistakes