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_2

2. MongoDB Architecture and Concepts

Guy Harrison¹   and Michael Harrison²

(1)

Kingsville, VIC, Australia

(2)

Derrimut, VIC, Australia

 

This chapter aims to equip you with an understanding of MongoDB architecture and internals referenced in subsequent chapters, which are necessary for MongoDB performance tuning.

A MongoDB tuning professional should be broadly familiar with these main areas of MongoDB technology:

• The MongoDB document model

• The way MongoDB applications interact with the MongoDB database server through the MongoDB API

• The MongoDB optimizer, which is the software layer concerned with maximizing the performance of ...