mongodb in a windows failover cluster

[Guy Tsudkevich]

im required to install mongodb in a microsoft windows 2012r2 server in a failover cluster mode. does mongodb supports that as microsoft sql do? if the answer is yes, can you point mo to a guide please?

thanks! Guy

[Rhys Campbell]

In theory you could configure mongodb with windows failover clustering but it makes much more sense to use MongoDB's own clustering capabilities. Here's a good place to start...

https://university.mongodb.com/courses/M102/about

[Akshat]

Hi Guy,

First of all, I would like to know that is there any specific reason you are required to deploy MongoDB using Windows failover clustering?

As suggest by Rhys that MongoDB does has its own clustering capability which is known as Replication. A replica set is a group of MongoDB nodes that maintain the same data set to provide redundancy and high availability. As replication maintains copies of the same data, you can add additional copies for dedicated purposes, such as data locality, reporting, disaster recovery and backup.

If you have any further questions, could you please elaborate on your use case.

Thanks,

Akshat