Suppose your application is happily talking to MongoDB and your laptop battery runs out. Or your server bursts into flame. Or velociraptors attack your data center. What now? To bring your server back up, read through the text until you get to a bold question. Click on the answer that best matches your situation toContinue reading “Choose your own adventure: MongoDB crash recovery edition”
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MongoDB backups & corn on the cob in 10 minutes
Last night, I discovered that you can make corn on the cob in about 5 minutes, which is so cool. You can also backup your MongoDB database in about 5 minutes (depending on size!), so I figured I’d combine the two. You’ll need: 1 MongoDB server you want to back up 1 external drive forContinue reading “MongoDB backups & corn on the cob in 10 minutes”
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