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Learn MongoDB 4.x

By : Doug Bierer
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Learn MongoDB 4.x

By: Doug Bierer

Overview of this book

When it comes to managing a high volume of unstructured and non-relational datasets, MongoDB is the defacto database management system (DBMS) for DBAs and data architects. This updated book includes the latest release and covers every feature in MongoDB 4.x, while helping you get hands-on with building a MongoDB database app. You’ll get to grips with MongoDB 4.x concepts such as indexes, database design, data modeling, authentication, and aggregation. As you progress, you’ll cover tasks such as performing routine operations when developing a dynamic database-driven website. Using examples, you’ll learn how to work with queries and regular database operations. The book will not only guide you through design and implementation, but also help you monitor operations to achieve optimal performance and secure your MongoDB database systems. You’ll also be introduced to advanced techniques such as aggregation, map-reduce, complex queries, and generating ad hoc financial reports on the fly. Later, the book shows you how to work with multiple collections as well as embedded arrays and documents, before finally exploring key topics such as replication, sharding, and security using practical examples. By the end of this book, you’ll be well-versed with MongoDB 4.x and be able to perform development and administrative tasks associated with this NoSQL database.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
1
Section 1: Essentials
5
Section 2: Building a Database-Driven Web Application
9
Section 3: Digging Deeper
13
Section 4: Replication, Sharding, and Security in a Financial Environment
14
Working with Complex Documents Across Collections

MMAPv1 storage engine

MMAPv1 (https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/storage/#mmapv1-storage-engine), the original MongoDB storage engine, has been deprecated in MongoDB 4.0 and removed as of MongoDB 4.2. It has been replaced by WiredTiger, which has been available since MongoDB version 3.0. WiredTiger has been the default since MongoDB version 3.2, so there is a good chance that this backward-incompatible change does not affect your applications nor installation.

If your installation was using the MMAPv1 storage engine before the upgrade, then you immediately notice more efficient memory and disk-space allocation. Simply put, MMAPv1 grabbed as much free memory as it could, and would allocate additional disk space with an insatiable appetite. This made a MongoDB 3 installation using MMAPv1 a bad neighbor on a server that is also doing other things!

Another difference that DevOps engineers appreciate is that embedded documents no longer continue to grow in size after being created. This...