From 13eda817824d1091a86c5b99cd831f7f759e531b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Dr. Martin Goik" <goik@hdm-stuttgart.de>
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2020 05:38:11 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Sharding note
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Doc/DbDevel/dbDevel.xml | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 37 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Doc/DbDevel/dbDevel.xml b/Doc/DbDevel/dbDevel.xml
index a126ba592..9abf5d67e 100644
--- a/Doc/DbDevel/dbDevel.xml
+++ b/Doc/DbDevel/dbDevel.xml
@@ -1698,6 +1698,43 @@ WriteResult({ "nInserted" : 1 })
</section>
</section>
+ <section xml:id="sect_dbDevel_overview_mongo_sharding">
+ <title>High performance sharding cluster</title>
+
+ <figure xml:id="fig_dbDevel_overview_mongo_sharding_reasons">
+ <title>Sharding rationale</title>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Problem: Large datasets / high throughput</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Two alternatives:</para>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Vertical scaling: RAM, cpu,...</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Horizontal scaling: Load distribution by multiple
+ nodes.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </figure>
+
+ <figure xml:id="fig_dbDevel_overview_mongo_sharding_doc">
+ <title>Sharding rationale</title>
+
+ <para>See <link
+ xlink:href="https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/sharding/#sharded-cluster">sharded-cluster</link>
+ for details.</para>
+ </figure>
+ </section>
+
<section xml:id="sect_dbDevel_selectedDbOverview_mongo_exercises">
<title>Exercises</title>
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