MongoDB Performance Tuning: Optimizing MongoDB Databases and their Applications

© Guy Harrison, Michael Harrison 2021

G. Harrison, M. HarrisonMongoDB Performance Tuninghttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6879-7_1

1. Methodical Performance Tuning

Guy Harrison¹   and Michael Harrison²

(1)

Kingsville, VIC, Australia

(2)

Derrimut, VIC, Australia

 

Performance is a critical success factor for any application. If you think about the apps you use every day, it’s evident that you only use the apps that perform well. Would you use Google if Google searches took 2 minutes while Bing was almost instantaneous? Of course not. Indeed, research has shown that about half the population abandons a website if a page takes longer than 3 seconds to load.¹

Application performance can depend on many factors, but the most frequent avoidable cause of poor ...