If you are running MongoDB in production, you should have a robust uptime and historical monitoring solution for every database deployment. Uptime monitoring ensures that your application runs smoothly by tracking database stability and alerts you to take action if necessary. Historical monitoring helps you analyze and compare database and operating system metrics over time […]
Shared Cluster plans in AWS Oregon (us-west-2)
Posted on 01/03/2016 announcement general
We are now offering Shared Cluster plans in the AWS Oregon region. You can visit the MongoLab create page if you would like to provision the plan. Shared Cluster plans are configured with two data-bearing nodes and an arbiter. These plans are hosted on shared multi-tenanted resources but are also suitable for “production use”. If you have questions about our different plans, […]
Telemetry Series: Queues and Effective Lock Percent
A key component of optimizing application performance is tuning the performance of the database that supports it. Each post in our Telemetry series discusses an important metric used by developers and database administrators to tune the database and describes how MongoLab users can leverage Telemetry, MongoLab’s monitoring interface, to effectively review and take action on […]
Telemetry Series: Page Faults
A key component of optimizing application performance is tuning the performance of the database that supports it. Each post in our Telemetry series discusses an important metric used by developers and database administrators to tune the database and describes how MongoLab users can leverage Telemetry, MongoLab’s monitoring interface, to effectively review and take action on […]
MongoDB version 3.0 now GA on MongoLab
Posted on 07/28/2015 general
We’re excited to announce that MongoDB 3.0 is now available on all MongoLab plans. Since the release of version 3.0 was announced in March, we’ve done extensive testing to ensure that it is production-ready for MongoLab users. For those looking to upgrade or create a new MongoDB 3.0 plan, you can do so through our self-service […]
MongoLab Telemetry supports custom MongoDB metric alerts
Posted on 06/16/2015 general
We’re excited to announce that you can now use MongoLab Telemetry to configure per-metric alerts for your MongoLab deployments! These custom alerts allow you to stay updated on your database’s performance even when you’re not actively working with the database. For each metric in your Telemetry dashboard you may define custom threshold values and alerting […]
SSL now in public beta on MongoLab
Posted on 04/07/2015 general
Our team at MongoLab is excited to announce the public beta of SSL-enabled* (Secure Sockets Layer) MongoDB connections on Dedicated deployments**. This feature adds an extra level of security by encrypting the communication between the application and database. It also allows clients to authenticate the identity of their database servers in order to mitigate spoofing […]
Introducing Telemetry – monitoring for MongoLab deployments
Posted on 03/18/2015 announcement
Today we are announcing the alpha release of Telemetry, our real-time and historical monitoring tool for MongoLab deployments. Telemetry is a customizable dashboard GUI that displays important MongoDB metrics and helps you effectively monitor and tune database performance. Metrics in Telemetry The alpha version of Telemetry displays real-time and historical MongoDB serverStatus data. Specifically, there […]
Fully managed Dedicated MongoDB plans on Heroku
Posted on 02/12/2015 announcement partnerships
We’re excited to announce that a new line of production-ready Dedicated replica set plans are now available through the MongoLab add-on on Heroku! Our fully managed Dedicated plans run on dedicated virtual machines (VMs) and offer guaranteed resources (RAM/IO/CPU), SSD-backed disks, and seamless zero-downtime scaling. By using the MongoLab add-on on Heroku, teams can easily […]
Respondly explains why devs love Meteor and MongoDB
Posted on 11/04/2014 general
With the recent release of Meteor 1.0 (and the huge buzz around it), developers may be wondering why the Meteor framework is so popular. Or perhaps, for developers new to web programming, what is Meteor? To help you better understand Meteor from a developer’s perspective, we’ve asked Tim Haines, founder of team email and twitter […]
