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DOCS-13741 add warning to ttlMonitorEnabled param
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|mongod-only|
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*Default*: ``true``
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To support :doc:`TTL Indexes </core/index-ttl>`, :binary:`~bin.mongod`
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instances have a background thread that is responsible for deleting
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documents from collections with TTL indexes.
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mongod --setParameter ttlMonitorEnabled=false
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.. important::
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Do not run production :binary:`~bin.mongod` instances with
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``ttlMonitorEnabled`` disabled, except under guidance from MongoDB
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support. Preventing TTL document removal can negatively impact
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MongoDB internal system operations that depend on
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:doc:`TTL Indexes </core/index-ttl>`.
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.. parameter:: disableJavaScriptJIT
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