Sharding is a method for distributing data across multiple machines. MongoDB uses sharding to support deployments with very large data sets and high throughput operations by providing the capability for horizontal scaling.

View this presentation to find out:

• How MongoDB scales up write performance and data size
• How to construct a simple sharded cluster
• How to choose a shard key

View the other webinars in the Back to Basics series:

• Back to Basics Webinar 1: Introduction to NoSQL
• Back to Basics Webinar 2: My First MongoDB Application
• Back to Basics Webinar 3: Introduction to Replica Sets