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_3

3. Tools of the Trade

Guy Harrison¹   and Michael Harrison²

(1)

Kingsville, VIC, Australia

(2)

Derrimut, VIC, Australia

 

They say a tradesman is only as good as his or her tools. Luckily, you don’t need expensive or hard-to-find tools to tune a MongoDB application or database. However, you should be thoroughly familiar with the tools that MongoDB makes available to you free of charge within the MongoDB server.

In this chapter, we’ll review the components that make up the essential toolkit for MongoDB performance tuning, in particular:

• The explain() method, which reveals the steps that MongoDB undertakes when executing a command ...