Final Exam Question 6 --wiredTigerDirectoryForIndexes

MongoDB University M201: MongoDB Performance
#1

Hi,

In the MongoDB documentation https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/program/mongod/ i find the following definition.

--wiredTigerDirectoryForIndexes ``

New in version 3.0.0.

When you start mongod with --wiredTigerDirectoryForIndexes , mongod stores indexes and collections in separate subdirectories under the data (i.e. --dbpath ) directory. Specifically, mongod stores the indexes in a subdirectory named index and the collection data in a subdirectory named collection .

Mounting the different directories collection and index on different disks isn’t a task performed by the wiredTigerDirectoryForIndexes option.
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Thanks

#2

@Gianfranco_15573

You need to read further in the documentation, which continues with

By using a symbolic link, you can specify a different location for the indexes. Specifically, when 'mongod' instance is **not** running, move the 'index' subdirectory to the destination and create a symbolic link named 'index' under the data directory to the new destination.

So you can in fact place indexes in other directories or other disks.

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