Hi @Allan_Chase,
Welcome to the MongoDB Community 
In MongoDB, we recommend not exceeding 200 elements in the array size to maintain the efficiency of the query. In your case, having 7.2K elements in a single array is not a good schema choice in terms of query efficiency.
The maximum size of the document is 16 MB, and while you can still store more than 7200 elements. However, storing data in that manner will certainly degrade the performance and result in high query latency.
What I would advocate in the most general terms is that: how will the schema help simplify your workflow, and at the same time, allow you to create indexes that make those workloads run faster?
In certain scenarios, arrays may considered as the preferred option, while in others, embedded documents might be more suitable. Depending on the specific use case, arrays can streamline certain operations but potentially complicate others, and vice versa. Therefore, it falls upon the user to determine the right balance that will satisfy all workloads, while still being able to perform well using indexes.
Please refer to the following resource to learn more:
Best regards,
Kushagra