Grokking MongoDB
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Scaling in MongoDB

A server with 16 GB of RAM and 4 CPU cores can become a server with 32 GB and 8 cores. That change is the first answer most teams use when a database slows down as its data and traffic grow. It has a limit, however, and the second answer divides the data across several servers. These two options are called vertical scaling and horizontal scaling.

Vertical Scaling

Vertical scaling, or scaling up, means adding resources such as CPU, RAM or storage to one server. The application and the database structure do not change, because the same server is simply larger

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