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Improved Data Center Awareness with Tag Aware Sharding
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- In 2.2, MongoDB adds additional support for geographically distributed
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- database systems. This "tag aware" sharding combines with work done
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- with :ref:`read preferences <replica-set-read-preference>` and
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- :ref:`tag sets <replica-set-configuration-tag-sets>` to make it
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- possible to ensure that data in a geographically distributed sharded
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- cluster is always closest to the application servers that will use
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- that data the most.
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+ In 2.2, MongoDB adds additional support for geographic distribution or
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+ other custom partitioning in shard clusters. By using this "tag
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+ aware" sharding, you can automatically ensure that data in a
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+ sharded database system is always closest to the application servers
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+ that use that data most frequently.
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+ Shard tagging controls data location, and is complementary but
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+ separate from replica set tagging which controls data access. For
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+ example, shard tagging can pin all "USA" data to one or more logical
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+ shards, while replica set tagging can control which :program:`mongod`
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+ instances (e.g. "``production``" or "``reporting``") the application
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+ uses to service requests.
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See the documentation of the following helpers in the :program:`mongo`
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shell that support tagged sharding configuration:
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