[DOCS-12494] Clarify maxSize for shard config is for balancer Created: 20/Feb/19  Updated: 30/Oct/23

Status: Closed
Project: Documentation
Component/s: manual, Server
Affects Version/s: None
Fix Version/s: Server_Docs_20231030

Type: Task Priority: Major - P3
Reporter: Wan Bachtiar Assignee: Unassigned
Resolution: Won't Do Votes: 1
Labels: None
Remaining Estimate: Not Specified
Time Spent: Not Specified
Original Estimate: Not Specified

Participants:
Days since reply: 1 year, 14 weeks, 2 days ago
Epic Link: DOCSP-1769

 Description   

Description

Clarify some sentences in:

https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/tutorial/manage-sharded-cluster-balancer/#change-the-maximum-storage-size-for-a-given-shard

to make sure that maxSize it's not to be confused with maximum size for shard storage size but a limit size for the balancer to not migrate chunks to the shard.
Some of misleading sentences such as:

By default shards have no constraints in storage size. However, you can set a maximum storage size for a given shard in the sharded cluster.

By default, maxSize is not specified, allowing shards to consume the total amount of available space on their machines if necessary.

The following command run in the mongo shell adds a shard with a maximum size of 125 megabytes:

Scope of changes

Impact to Other Docs

MVP (Work and Date)

Resources (Scope or Design Docs, Invision, etc.)



 Comments   
Comment by Education Bot [ 31/Oct/22 ]

Hello! This ticket has been closed due to inactivity. If you believe this ticket is still important, please reopen it and leave a comment to explain why. Thank you!

Generated at Thu Feb 08 08:05:23 UTC 2024 using Jira 9.7.1#970001-sha1:2222b88b221c4928ef0de3161136cc90c8356a66.