# 10 Things You Should Know About Running MongoDB at Scale

<http://highscalability.com/blog/2014/3/5/10-things-you-should-know-about-running-mongodb-at-scale.html>

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## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words)

This post outlines ten things you need to know for operating MongoDB at scale based on my experience working with MongoDB customers and open source users:

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