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sampathkumar
sampathkumar

Reputation: 111

In order to support Failover in mongodb we have to configure replica set along with Autosharding?

I am undergoing testing on mongodb AutoSharding and failover.Whether replicaset has to configured along with mongodb autosharding inorder to support the failover?Please help out...If u know how to configure replica set for supporting failover please explain me...

Upvotes: 0

Views: 971

Answers (1)

jared
jared

Reputation: 1637

Sharding and Replication are two separate topics. Replica Sets support failover. Sharding supports spreading data and requests across multiple servers.

There is a great tutorial that shows you how to set up replica sets here:

http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Replica+Set+Tutorial

Upvotes: 2

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