Sharding

Sharding distributes a single logical database system across a cluster of machines.

Sharding Concepts

• Sharded Cluster Overview
• Sharded Cluster Architectures
• Query Routing in Sharded Clusters
• Security Practices for Sharded Clusters
• Sharded Cluster Internals

Administration

The following document provides a list of tutorials for administering sharded clusters.

• Sharded Cluster Administration
  • Deploy Sharded Clusters
  • Sharded Cluster Maintenance and Administration
  • Manage Data in Sharded Clusters

Reference

• Sharding Commands
• Config Database
• mongos
• Config Database

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