Auto-scaling databases and a story – MongoHQ
Preface: we love Hacker News. It's been one of the constant good things in all of our lives, and is by far our favorite place to talk with people about what we're doing. I figured it was worth doing a special post for something we've been cooking up, rather than just linking to what everyone else gets. So here it is. We just turned on a product we're calling "Elastic Deployments". These are MongoDB clusters that scale vertically with no intervention. As a database grows, it has access to more RAM, IOPs and CPU. More here:…
Auto-scaling databases and a story – MongoHQ launched on March 11, 2014 with 33 votes and more than 75% of that year's launches.
In plain words
MongoHQ offers Elastic Deployments, a MongoDB hosting service that automatically scales database clusters vertically as they grow. The service provides additional RAM, IOPs, and CPU resources without requiring manual intervention. This tool is designed for developers and teams running MongoDB databases who need automatic scaling capabilities to handle growing data demands.
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Preface: we love Hacker News. It's been one of the constant good things in all of our lives, and is by far our favorite place to talk with people about what we're doing. I figured it was worth doing a special post for something we've been cooking up, rather than just linking to what everyone else gets. So here it is.…
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