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Jun 21, 2021 · Databases
Diagnosing a MongoDB Shard Connection Storm that Caused Replication Lag and Automatic Failover
The article details a MongoDB 3.4 sharded cluster incident where a sudden connection storm overwhelmed the primary, leading to replication lag, automatic failover, and how monitoring, log analysis with mtools, and a custom log‑rotation script were used to diagnose and resolve the issue.
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