Sharding Methods For
MongoDB
Jay Runkel
jay.runkel@mongodb.com
@jayrunkel
#MongoDB
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• Customer Stories
• Sharding for Performance/Scale
– When to shard?
– How many shards do I need?
• Types of Sharding
• How to Pick a Shard Key
• Sharding for Other Reasons
Agenda
Customer Stories
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• 50M users.
• 6B check-ins to date (6M per day growth).
• 55M points of interest / venues.
• 1.7M merchants using the platform for marketing
• Operations Per Second: 300,000
• Documents: 5.5B
Foursquare
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• 11 MongoDB clusters
– 8 are sharded
• Largest cluster has 15 shards (check ins)
– Sharded on user id
Foursquare clusters
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• Large data set
CarFax
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• 13 billion+ documents
– 1.5 billion documents added every year
• 1 vehicle history report is > 200 documents
• 12 Shards
• 9-node replica sets
• Replicas distributed across 3 data centers
CarFax Shards
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What is Sharding?
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Sharding Overview
Primary
Secondary
Secondary
Shard 1
Primary
Secondary
Secondary
Shard 2
Primary
Secondary
Secondary
Shard 3
Primary
Secondary
Secondary
Shard N
…
Query
Router
Query
Router
Query
Router
……
Driver
Application
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Scaling: Sharding
mongod
Read/Write Scalability
Key Range
0..100
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Scaling: Sharding
Read/Write Scalability
mongod mongod
Key Range
0..50
Key Range
51..100
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Scaling: Sharding
mongod mongod mongod mongod
Key Range
0..25
Key Range
26..50
Key Range
51..75
Key Range
76.. 100
Read/Write Scalability
How do I know I need to shard?
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Does one server/replica…
• Have enough disk space to store
all my data?
• Handle my query throughput
(operations per second)?
• Respond to queries fast enough
(latency)?
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• Have enough disk space to store
all my data?
• Handle my query throughput
(operations per second)?
• Respond to queries fast enough
(latency)?
Does one server/replica set…
Server Specs
Disk Capacity
Disk IOPS
RAM
Network
Disk IOPS
RAM
Network
How many shards do I need?
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• Sum of disk space across shards > greater than
required storage size
Disk Space: How Many Shards Do I
Need?
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• Sum of disk space across shards > greater than
required storage size
Disk Space: How Many Shards Do I
Need?
Example
Storage size = 3 TB
Server disk capacity = 2 TB
2 Shards Required
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• Working set should fit in RAM
– Sum of RAM across shards > Working Set
• WorkSet = Indexes plus the set of documents
accessed frequently
• WorkSet in RAM 
– Shorter latency
– Higher Throughput
RAM: How Many Shards Do I Need?
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• Measuring Index Size and Working Set
db.stats() – index size of each collection
db.serverStatus({ workingSet: 1}) – working
set size estimate
RAM: How Many Shards Do I Need?
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• Measuring Index Size and Working Set
db.stats() – index size of each collection
db.serverStatus({ workingSet: 1}) – working
set size estimate
RAM: How Many Shards Do I Need?
Example
Working Set = 428 GB
Server RAM = 128 GB
428/128 = 3.34
4 Shards Required
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• Sum of IOPS across shards > greater than
required IOPS
• IOPS are difficult to estimate
– Update doc
– Update indexes
– Append to journal
– Log entry?
• Best approach – build a prototype and measure
Disk Throughput: How Many Shards
Do I Need
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• Sum of IOPS across shards > greater than
required IOPS
• IOPS are difficult to estimate
– Update doc
– Update indexes
– Append to journal
– Log entry?
• Best approach – build a prototype and measure
Disk Throughput: How Many Shards
Do I Need
Example
Required IOPS = 11000
Server disk IOPS = 5000
3 Shards Required
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• S = ops/sec of a single server
• G = required ops/sec
• N = # of shards
• G = N * S * .7
N = G/.7S
OPS: How Many Shards Do I Need?
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• S = ops/sec of a single server
• G = required ops/sec
• N = # of shards
• G = N * S * .7
N = G/.7S
OPS: How Many Shards Do I Need?
Sharding Overhead
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• S = ops/sec of a single server
• G = required ops/sec
• N = # of shards
• G = N * S * .7
N = G/.7S
OPS: How Many Shards Do I Need?
Example
S = 4000
G = 10000
N = 3.57
4 Shards
Types of Sharding
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• Range
• Tag-Aware
• Hashed
Sharding Types
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Range Sharding
mongod mongod mongod mongod
Key Range
0..25
Key Range
26..50
Key Range
51..75
Key Range
76.. 100
Read/Write Scalability
34
Tag-Aware Sharding
mongod mongod mongod mongod
Shard Tags
Shard Tag Start End
Winter 23 Dec 21 Mar
Spring 22 Mar 21 Jun
Summer 21 Jun 23 Sep
Fall 24 Sep 22 Dec
Tag Ranges
Winter Spring Summer Fall
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Hash-Sharding
mongod mongod mongod mongod
Hash Range
0000..4444
Hash Range
4445..8000
Hash Range
i8001..aaaa
Hash Range
aaab..ffff
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Hashed shard key
• Pros:
– Evenly distributed writes
• Cons:
– Random data (and index) updates can be IO
intensive
– Range-based queries turn into scatter gather
Shard 1
mongos
Shard 2 Shard 3 Shard N
37
Range sharding document
distribution
38
Hashed sharding document
distribution
How do I Pick A Shard Key
40
Shard Key characteristics
• A good shard key has:
– sufficient cardinality
– distributed writes
– targeted reads ("query isolation")
• Shard key should be in every query if possible
– scatter gather otherwise
• Choosing a good shard key is important!
– affects performance and scalability
– changing it later is expensive
41
Low cardinality shard key
• Induces "jumbo chunks"
• Examples: boolean field
Shard 1
mongos
Shard 2 Shard 3 Shard N
[ a, b )
42
Ascending shard key
• Monotonically increasing shard key values
cause "hot spots" on inserts
• Examples: timestamps, _id
Shard 1
mongos
Shard 2 Shard 3 Shard N
[ ISODate(…), $maxKe
Reasons to Shard
44
• Scale
– Data volume
– Query volume
• Global deployment with local writes
– Geography aware sharding
• Tiered Storage
• Fast backup restore
Reasons to shard
45
Global Deployment/Local Writes
Primary:NYC
Secondary:NYC
Primary:LON
Primary:SYD
Secondary:LON
Secondary:NYC
Secondary:SYD
Secondary:LON
Secondary:SYD
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• Save hardware costs
• Put frequently accessed documents on fast
servers
– Infrequently accessed documents on less capable
servers
• Use Tag aware sharding
Tiered Storage
mongod mongod mongod mongod
Current Current Archive Archive
SSD SSD HDD HDD
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• 40 TB Database
• 2 shards of 20 TB each
• Challenge
– Cannot meet restore SLA after data loss
Fast Restore
mongod mongod
20 TB 20 TB
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• 40 TB Database
• 4 shards of 10 TB each
• Solution
– Reduce the restore time by 50%
Fast Restore
mongod mongod
10 TB 10 TB
mongod mongod
10 TB 10 TB
Summary
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• To determine required # of shards determine
– Storage requirements
– Latency requirements
– Throughput requirements
• Derive total
– Disk capacity
– Disk throughput
– RAM
• Calculate # of shards based upon individual
server specs
Determining the # of shards
51
• Scalability
• Geo-aware clusters
• Tiered Storage
• Reduce backup restore times
Leverage Sharding For
52
• MongoDB Manual:
http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/sharding/
• Other Webinars:
– How to Achieve Scale With MongoDB
• White Papers
– MongoDB Performance Best Practices
– MongoDB Architecture Guide
Sharding: Where to go from here…
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Sharding Methods for MongoDB

  • 1.
    Sharding Methods For MongoDB JayRunkel jay.runkel@mongodb.com @jayrunkel #MongoDB
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    2 • Customer Stories •Sharding for Performance/Scale – When to shard? – How many shards do I need? • Types of Sharding • How to Pick a Shard Key • Sharding for Other Reasons Agenda
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    5 • 50M users. •6B check-ins to date (6M per day growth). • 55M points of interest / venues. • 1.7M merchants using the platform for marketing • Operations Per Second: 300,000 • Documents: 5.5B Foursquare
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    6 • 11 MongoDBclusters – 8 are sharded • Largest cluster has 15 shards (check ins) – Sharded on user id Foursquare clusters
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    7 • Large dataset CarFax
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    8 • 13 billion+documents – 1.5 billion documents added every year • 1 vehicle history report is > 200 documents • 12 Shards • 9-node replica sets • Replicas distributed across 3 data centers CarFax Shards
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    12 Sharding Overview Primary Secondary Secondary Shard 1 Primary Secondary Secondary Shard2 Primary Secondary Secondary Shard 3 Primary Secondary Secondary Shard N … Query Router Query Router Query Router …… Driver Application
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    15 Scaling: Sharding Read/Write Scalability mongodmongod Key Range 0..50 Key Range 51..100
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    16 Scaling: Sharding mongod mongodmongod mongod Key Range 0..25 Key Range 26..50 Key Range 51..75 Key Range 76.. 100 Read/Write Scalability
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    How do Iknow I need to shard?
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    18 Does one server/replica… •Have enough disk space to store all my data? • Handle my query throughput (operations per second)? • Respond to queries fast enough (latency)?
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    19 • Have enoughdisk space to store all my data? • Handle my query throughput (operations per second)? • Respond to queries fast enough (latency)? Does one server/replica set… Server Specs Disk Capacity Disk IOPS RAM Network Disk IOPS RAM Network
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    How many shardsdo I need?
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    21 • Sum ofdisk space across shards > greater than required storage size Disk Space: How Many Shards Do I Need?
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    22 • Sum ofdisk space across shards > greater than required storage size Disk Space: How Many Shards Do I Need? Example Storage size = 3 TB Server disk capacity = 2 TB 2 Shards Required
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    23 • Working setshould fit in RAM – Sum of RAM across shards > Working Set • WorkSet = Indexes plus the set of documents accessed frequently • WorkSet in RAM  – Shorter latency – Higher Throughput RAM: How Many Shards Do I Need?
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    24 • Measuring IndexSize and Working Set db.stats() – index size of each collection db.serverStatus({ workingSet: 1}) – working set size estimate RAM: How Many Shards Do I Need?
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    25 • Measuring IndexSize and Working Set db.stats() – index size of each collection db.serverStatus({ workingSet: 1}) – working set size estimate RAM: How Many Shards Do I Need? Example Working Set = 428 GB Server RAM = 128 GB 428/128 = 3.34 4 Shards Required
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    26 • Sum ofIOPS across shards > greater than required IOPS • IOPS are difficult to estimate – Update doc – Update indexes – Append to journal – Log entry? • Best approach – build a prototype and measure Disk Throughput: How Many Shards Do I Need
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    27 • Sum ofIOPS across shards > greater than required IOPS • IOPS are difficult to estimate – Update doc – Update indexes – Append to journal – Log entry? • Best approach – build a prototype and measure Disk Throughput: How Many Shards Do I Need Example Required IOPS = 11000 Server disk IOPS = 5000 3 Shards Required
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    28 • S =ops/sec of a single server • G = required ops/sec • N = # of shards • G = N * S * .7 N = G/.7S OPS: How Many Shards Do I Need?
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    29 • S =ops/sec of a single server • G = required ops/sec • N = # of shards • G = N * S * .7 N = G/.7S OPS: How Many Shards Do I Need? Sharding Overhead
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    30 • S =ops/sec of a single server • G = required ops/sec • N = # of shards • G = N * S * .7 N = G/.7S OPS: How Many Shards Do I Need? Example S = 4000 G = 10000 N = 3.57 4 Shards
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    32 • Range • Tag-Aware •Hashed Sharding Types
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    33 Range Sharding mongod mongodmongod mongod Key Range 0..25 Key Range 26..50 Key Range 51..75 Key Range 76.. 100 Read/Write Scalability
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    34 Tag-Aware Sharding mongod mongodmongod mongod Shard Tags Shard Tag Start End Winter 23 Dec 21 Mar Spring 22 Mar 21 Jun Summer 21 Jun 23 Sep Fall 24 Sep 22 Dec Tag Ranges Winter Spring Summer Fall
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    35 Hash-Sharding mongod mongod mongodmongod Hash Range 0000..4444 Hash Range 4445..8000 Hash Range i8001..aaaa Hash Range aaab..ffff
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    36 Hashed shard key •Pros: – Evenly distributed writes • Cons: – Random data (and index) updates can be IO intensive – Range-based queries turn into scatter gather Shard 1 mongos Shard 2 Shard 3 Shard N
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    How do IPick A Shard Key
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    40 Shard Key characteristics •A good shard key has: – sufficient cardinality – distributed writes – targeted reads ("query isolation") • Shard key should be in every query if possible – scatter gather otherwise • Choosing a good shard key is important! – affects performance and scalability – changing it later is expensive
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    41 Low cardinality shardkey • Induces "jumbo chunks" • Examples: boolean field Shard 1 mongos Shard 2 Shard 3 Shard N [ a, b )
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    42 Ascending shard key •Monotonically increasing shard key values cause "hot spots" on inserts • Examples: timestamps, _id Shard 1 mongos Shard 2 Shard 3 Shard N [ ISODate(…), $maxKe
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    44 • Scale – Datavolume – Query volume • Global deployment with local writes – Geography aware sharding • Tiered Storage • Fast backup restore Reasons to shard
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    46 • Save hardwarecosts • Put frequently accessed documents on fast servers – Infrequently accessed documents on less capable servers • Use Tag aware sharding Tiered Storage mongod mongod mongod mongod Current Current Archive Archive SSD SSD HDD HDD
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    47 • 40 TBDatabase • 2 shards of 20 TB each • Challenge – Cannot meet restore SLA after data loss Fast Restore mongod mongod 20 TB 20 TB
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    48 • 40 TBDatabase • 4 shards of 10 TB each • Solution – Reduce the restore time by 50% Fast Restore mongod mongod 10 TB 10 TB mongod mongod 10 TB 10 TB
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    50 • To determinerequired # of shards determine – Storage requirements – Latency requirements – Throughput requirements • Derive total – Disk capacity – Disk throughput – RAM • Calculate # of shards based upon individual server specs Determining the # of shards
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    51 • Scalability • Geo-awareclusters • Tiered Storage • Reduce backup restore times Leverage Sharding For
  • 50.
    52 • MongoDB Manual: http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/sharding/ •Other Webinars: – How to Achieve Scale With MongoDB • White Papers – MongoDB Performance Best Practices – MongoDB Architecture Guide Sharding: Where to go from here…
  • 51.
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  • 52.
    54 Webinar Q&A jay.runkel@mongodb.com @jayrunkel Stay tuned afterthe webinar and take our survey for your chance to win MongoDB swag.
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Editor's Notes

  • #14 MongoDB provides horizontal scale-out for databases using a technique called sharding, which is trans- parent to applications. Sharding distributes data across multiple physical partitions called shards. Sharding allows MongoDB deployments to address the hardware limitations of a single server, such as bottlenecks in RAM or disk I/O, without adding complexity to the application. MongoDB supports three types of sharding: • Range-based Sharding. Documents are partitioned across shards according to the shard key value. Documents with shard key values “close” to one another are likely to be co-located on the same shard. This approach is well suited for applications that need to optimize range- based queries. • Hash-based Sharding. Documents are uniformly distributed according to an MD5 hash of the shard key value. Documents with shard key values “close” to one another are unlikely to be co-located on the same shard. This approach guarantees a uniform distribution of writes across shards, but is less optimal for range-based queries. • Tag-aware Sharding. Documents are partitioned according to a user-specified configuration that associates shard key ranges with shards. Users can optimize the physical location of documents for application requirements such as locating data in specific data centers. MongoDB automatically balances the data in the cluster as the data grows or the size of the cluster increases or decreases.
  • #42 may consider hashing _id instead
  • #43 may consider hashing _id instead
  • #54 www.mongodb.com/lp/contact/scaling-101 http://www.mongodb.com/lp/contact/planning-for-scale