Tag Archives: scaling

A Short eBook on Scaling MongoDB

I just finished a little ebook for O’Reilly: Scaling MongoDB. I’m excited about it, it was really fun to write and I think it’ll be both fun and instructive to read. It covers: What a cluster is How it works (at a high level) How to set it up correctly The differences in programming forContinue reading “A Short eBook on Scaling MongoDB”

Scaling, scaling everywhere

Interested in learning more about scaling MongoDB? Pick up September’s issue of PHP|Architect magazine, the database issue! I wrote an article on scaling your MongoDB database: how to choose good indexes, help handle load using replication, and set up sharding correctly (it’s not PHP-specific). If you prefer multimedia, I also did an O’Reilly webcast onContinue reading “Scaling, scaling everywhere”