In this article, we will explain how to restore a MongoDB logical backup performed via ‘mongodump’ to a mongod instance. MongoDB logical backup requires the use of the ‘mongorestore‘ tool to perform the restore backup. This article focuses on this tool and process. Note: Percona develops a backup tool named Percona-Lab/mongodb-consistent-backup, which is a wrapper for ‘mongodump‘, adding […]
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Please join Percona’s Senior Technical Operations Architect, Tim Vaillancourt as he presents Running MongoDB in Production, Part 1 on Thursday, April 19, 2018, at 10:00 am PDT (UTC-7) / 1:00 pm EDT (UTC-4). Are you a seasoned MySQL DBA that needs to add MongoDB to your skills? Are you used to managing a small environment that runs well, but […]
Read MoreIn this blog post, we will look at MongoDB replica set tag sets, which enable you to use customized write concern and read preferences for replica set members. This blog post will cover most of the questions that come to mind before using tag sets in a production environment. What scenarios are these helpful for? […]
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Join Percona Chief Evangelist Colin Charles as he covers happenings, gives pointers and provides musings on the open source database community. Percona Live is just over a week away — there’s an awesome keynote lineup, and you really should register. Also don’t forget to save the date as Percona Live goes to Frankfurt, Germany November 5-7 2018! […]
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Percona announces the release of Percona Server for MongoDB 3.4.14-2.12 on April 12, 2018. Download the latest version from the Percona web site or the Percona Software Repositories. Percona Server for MongoDB is an enhanced, open source, and highly-scalable database that is a fully-compatible, drop-in replacement for MongoDB 3.4 Community Edition. It supports MongoDB 3.4 protocols and drivers. […]
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We’ve posted the Percona Live 2018 keynote addresses for the seventh annual Percona Live Open Source Database Conference 2018, taking place April 23-25, 2018 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. This year’s keynotes explore topics ranging from how cloud and open source database adoption accelerates business growth, to leading-edge emerging technologies, […]
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In this blog post, we will cover how to start MongoDB database software in the three most used platforms: Windows/Linux/MacOS. If you have just started with NoSQL databases, you might wonder how to evaluate if MongoDB is a good fit for your application. Percona provides a signed version of MongoDB called Percona Server for MongoDB with […]
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In this blog post, we will look at how chunks split and migrate in MongoDB sharding. Sometimes even using good shard keys can create imbalanced chunks. Below, we’ll look at how jumbo chunks affect MongoDB sharding, how they are created and why they need to split into smaller chunks. We will also walk through the introduction […]
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In this blog post, we will discuss the MongoDB Hot Backup feature in Percona Server for MongoDB and how it can help you get a safe backup of your data with minimal impact. Percona Server for MongoDB Percona Server for MongoDB is Percona’s open-source fork of MongoDB, aimed at having 100% feature compatibility (much like […]
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We’ve been searching for a great venue for Percona Live Europe 2018, and I am thrilled to announce we’ll be hosting it in Frankfurt, Germany! Please block November 5-7, 2018 on your calendar now and plan to join us at the Radisson Blu Frankfurt for the premier open source database conference. We’re in the final […]
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