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Description
sh.enableAutoSplit()New in version 3.4.
Enables auto-splitting for the sharded cluster. Auto-splitting is enabled by default.
sh.enableAutoSplit()enables the autosplit flag in theconfig.settingscollection.You can only run
sh.enableAutoSplit()from amongoshsession that is connected to amongosinstance.sh.enableAutoSplit()errors if run on amongodinstance.Note
Starting in MongoDB 4.2,
sh.startBalancer()also enables auto-splitting for the sharded cluster.For more information on chunk splits, see Chunk Splits. For more information about how MongoDB balances chunks among shards, see: Manage Sharded Cluster Balancer and Sharded Cluster Balancer.