Monthly Archives:: May 2012

Hello ObjectRocket

Posted by & filed under Database Engineering, Mongodb.

I am very excited to say that it’s time to say hello to ObjectRocket! A few weeks ago I made the move from a great place, to an even better opportunity. A couple of amazing guys and myself founded ObjectRocket Inc. It’s time to make ObjectRocket my full time job. I have been at Shutterfly… Read more »

Mongoperf

Posted by & filed under Mongodb.

Starting with version 2.1, MongoDB has a new utility called Mongoperf. Mongoperf is a great little utility for quickly testing the I/O performance of your system. I thought I would go over it a little bit. Mongoperf can be found in the bin directory of your 2.1+ MongoDB distribution. The utility is invoked with options… Read more »