Monitoring and Backup in MongoDB
Effective monitoring and backup are essential when deploying MongoDB in a production environment. They play a crucial role during the development phase, aiding in performance optimization and troubleshooting. Hence, these processes should be established from the outset, not added as an afterthought.
In this chapter, you will explore the operational aspects of MongoDB. You will learn the importance of having a reliable backup strategy, steps to ensure your backups are consistent and accurate, and whether they can be successfully restored when required.
This chapter will cover the following topics:
- Importance of monitoring
- Key metrics to monitor in MongoDB
- MongoDB reporting and monitoring tools
- Understanding cluster backups
- MongoDB backup methods
