From 6d217d3ef93f3f326e65989d8b0e76da88b5fe83 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Paik Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 03:57:12 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] DOCS-4682 - add mentions of config file invocation of wiredTiger --- source/includes/options-mongod.yaml | 3 ++- source/release-notes/2.8.txt | 10 +++++++++- 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/source/includes/options-mongod.yaml b/source/includes/options-mongod.yaml index 348faffa424..7a4b064dae7 100644 --- a/source/includes/options-mongod.yaml +++ b/source/includes/options-mongod.yaml @@ -1542,7 +1542,8 @@ directive: option description: | .. versionadded:: 2.8.0 - Specifies the storage engine for the {{program}} database. + Specifies the storage engine for the {{program}} database. Valid + options include ``mmapv1`` and ``wiredTiger``. post: | If you attempt to start a {{program}} with a :option:`storage.dbPath` that contains data files produced by a diff --git a/source/release-notes/2.8.txt b/source/release-notes/2.8.txt index a9675cde49c..b10ad1dba9f 100644 --- a/source/release-notes/2.8.txt +++ b/source/release-notes/2.8.txt @@ -48,9 +48,17 @@ To enable WiredTiger, start MongoDB with the following option: mongod --storageEngine wiredTiger +or by specifying the following value in the configuration file: + +.. code-block:: yaml + + storage: + engine: wiredTiger + If you attempt to start a :program:`mongod` with a :setting:`storage.dbPath` that contains data files produced by a -storage engine other than the one specified by ``--storageEngine``, +storage engine other than the one specified by ``--storageEngine`` +or the ``storage.engine`` configuration file option, :program:`mongod` will refuse to start. The behavior and properties of the ``wiredTiger`` storage engine are