MongoDB Backup and Restore strategies for Huge data

[mounika...@gmail.com]

I'm planning to take the MongoDB backup while the server is running and the data size is about 2.1T.

I already tried backup strategy with mongo dump when the data size was 1.4T,it took almost 7 hours to complete the dump.Now i don't want to take the dump with the huge data.

can you please suggest the MongoDB backup and restore strategies for huge data without stopping the server.

Thanks!

[rohit reddy]

Hello,
are you using enterprise edition? if yes, there is an option to build a block store and have OpsManager manage your backups.
mongodump is a logical backup and it is not recommend as the backup strategy for huge tera-byte databases.

Thanks
Rohit Reddy

[davidmo]

every time this question is asked (i have the same problem) the answer is either:
    cloud backup or
    something to do with enterprise edition

why is there no solution for community edition ? the only one i can think of is
filesystem snapshots and the system burden that requires.