The document presents an overview of MongoDB Atlas, highlighting its features such as automated deployment, scaling, security, and backup functionalities. It outlines learning objectives for users, including how to set up and manage MongoDB in the cloud while specifying that certain responsibilities remain with the users. The document also discusses migration strategies, pricing options, and additional services available with MongoDB Atlas.

1. Introducing MongoDB Atlas
Jane Uyvova
Sr. Solutions Architect, MongoDB
jane.uyvova@mongodb.com
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March 21, 2017
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2. Learning Objectives
● Lean how to set up, operate, and scale your
MongoDB deployments in the cloud
● Learn how MongoDB Atlas security works and
additional ways to de-risk you deployment
● Distinguish your dev and operational responsibilities
from what MongoDB provides for you
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3. { IN_THE_ZONE : GIANT_IDEAS }
• Developers & DevOps
• Fast-moving application teams at
companies of all sizes
• Entrepreneurs working on the next
big thing
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5. BURDENS
PATCHES
UPGRADES
SECURITY
BACKUPS
DISASTER
RECOVERY
99.999%
SCALE UP
SCALE DOWN
PERFORMANCE
UAT
STAGING
MONITORING
ALERTS
PROVISION
CONFIGURE
INSTALL
TERMINATE
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6. Automated Service On-demand DBaaS
Secure Highly Available Disaster Recovery
Elastic Scalability
MongoDB Atlas
Community 3.2 WT

7. MongoDB Atlas
Under the hood
5 AWS Regions with 3 AZ zones each
● us-east-1 (N. Virginia)
● us-east-2 (Ohio)
● us-west-2 (Oregon)
● eu-west-1 (Dublin)
● ap-southeast-2 (Sydney)
More AWS Regions and Azure and Google Cloud coming soon
AZ1
AZ2
AZ3
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8. ● A minimum of three data nodes per replica set/shard
are automatically deployed across availability zones
for high availability
● If your primary node does go down for any reason, the
self healing recovery process in MongoDB Atlas will
typically occur in under 2 seconds
Highly Available
by Default
MongoDB Atlas
Under the hood
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9. MongoDB Atlas
Under the hood
●Rolling Upgrades
Minor: Automatic
Major: User Approved
●Monitoring and Alerts - full metrics
●100’s of Notifications
●MongoDB 3.2 Community
– with Wired Tiger
Always up to date
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10. MongoDB Atlas
Under the hood
In-flight security:
●TLS/SSL
●Authentication and Authorization
●IP whitelists
At-rest security:
●AWS encrypted volumes
●AES-256 CBC hardware encryption
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Security

11. MongoDB Atlas
Under the hood
Security
VPC (subnet)
per customer
Firewall
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12. MongoDB Atlas
Under the hood
Security
VPC (subnet)
per customer
Firewall
IP address
safe list
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13. MongoDB Atlas
Under the hood
Security
VPC (subnet)
per customer
Firewall
Customers
application
servers
TLS/SSL
(encryption
over wire)
IP address
safe list
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14. MongoDB Atlas
Under the hood
Security
VPC (subnet)
per customer
Firewall
Customers
application
servers
DB User &
Password Auth
TLS/SSL
(encryption
over wire)
IP address
safe list
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15. MongoDB Atlas
Under the hood
Security
VPC (subnet)
per customer
Firewall
Customers
application
servers
DB User &
Password Auth
TLS/SSL
(encryption
over wire)
Encryption at
rest (option)
IP address
safe list
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16. MongoDB Atlas
Under the hood
●Continuously backs up your data
●PIT RS or SH (Consistent, Cluster-Wide)
●Optional – cost by GB
●Stored in NA
●Restores
Automatic: snapshot or point-in-time
Manual: mongodump / mongorestore
Backup & Recovery
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17. BURDENS
PATCHES
UPGRADES
SECURITY
BACKUPS
DISASTER
RECOVERY
99.999%
SCALE UP
SCALE DOWN
PERFORMANCE
UAT
STAGING
MONITORING
ALERTS
PROVISION
CONFIGURE
INSTALL
TERMINATE
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18. Don’t forget, these:
SCHEMA
DESIGN
QUERY
SHARD KEY
PROFILING
INDEX
OPTIMIZATION
Are still your responsibility
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SERVER SIZE
CPU, RAM, IOPS
CAPACITY
PLANNING
REPLICAS
SHARDS
WHEN TO
RESTORE

19. MongoDB Atlas
Migrating over to Atlas
Hands-on
● Must be created using MongoDB Atlas
● Import data via mongodump / mongorestore
● MongoMirror - downloadable migration utility (replica sets 3.0+)
Managed Migration
Professional Services: Atlas Migration consulting package
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Migration

20. Costs
Choose cluster shape and size
● Instance size (CPU and RAM)
● Replication factor
● Number of shards
● Disk space
● Disk speed (IOPS)
Other
● Data Transfer
● Backup
Screenshot of create dialog
mongodb.com/cloud/atlas/pricing
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21. Next Steps
• Deploy your first cluster now:
mongodb.com/atlas
• MongoDB University
M123: Getting started with MongoDB Atlas
• Explore pricing:
mongodb.com/cloud/atlas/pricing
• Read the whitepaper
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22. Atlas + MongoDB Enterprise Advanced
(add-ons)
• MongoDB Compass • MongoDB Connector for BI
Tooling
• 24 x 7 Database Support
• 1 hr SLA
• On-Demand Training
• Customer Success Program
Support
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23. Questions?
Jane Uyvova
Sr. Solutions Architect, MongoDB
jane.uyvova@mongodb.com
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