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How a Manufacturing Firm Enhanced Data Reliability with MongoDB Support Services
Our client, a major player in the manufacturing sector, depended on a MongoDB database to store real-time equipment telemetry and production metrics. As data volumes grew, the existing setup suffered from frequent slowdowns, inconsistent backups, and occasional node failures. These issues risked disrupting analytics dashboards and halting automated control systems, making a stable database foundation critical.
Before diving into our solution, we spotted a few pain points in the client’s MongoDB setup that were slowing everything down and making maintenance a headache:
- Unbalanced Shard Distribution: Data was unevenly distributed across shards, leading to hotspots and degraded read/write throughput.
- Inefficient Indexing: Missing compound indexes caused expensive full-collection scans for key queries.
- Backup Gaps: Infrequent snapshots and manual backup processes increased recovery time objectives (RTO).
- Limited Monitoring: Lack of proactive alerts meant performance degradations were only discovered after issues arose.
- Cluster Maintenance Overhead: Version upgrades and patching required significant manual effort and downtime.
To tackle these critical issues, our team implemented a strategic, end-to-end modernization plan focused on performance, resilience, and ease of maintenance. Below is a snapshot of the key solutions we delivered:
- Shard Rebalancing & Capacity Planning: We analyzed existing data distribution, rebalanced shards to remove hotspots, and recommended appropriately sized AWS EC2 instances for consistent throughput.
- Index Optimization: By reviewing query patterns, we implemented compound, sparse, and TTL indexes, driving a 60 % reduction in average query latency.
- Automated Backup & Recovery: We configured MongoDB Ops Manager for continuous, point-in-time backups, established a formal rotation policy, and tested restore procedures to guarantee sub-hour recovery objectives.
- Proactive Monitoring & Alerting: Prometheus exporters and Grafana dashboards were deployed to surface real-time metrics, with alerts configured on connection usage, replication lag, and disk I/O thresholds.
- Zero-Downtime Upgrades: Finally, we planned and executed rolling upgrades to the latest MongoDB LTS release, applied security patches, and hardened configurations, all without impacting production.
After implementing these enhancements, the client saw measurable improvements across reliability, performance, and operational efficiency. Below are the key impacts we delivered:
- Improved Stability: Achieved 99.99% database uptime by eliminating shard imbalances and node outages.
- Faster Queries: Reduced average read and write latency by over 60%, ensuring real-time analytics stayed responsive.
- Reliable Backups: Enabled point-in-time recovery with verified restores in under 30 minutes.
- Operational Visibility: Gained full observability into database health, with automated alerts preventing outages.
- Streamlined Maintenance: Cut maintenance windows by 70% through automated upgrade and patch workflows.
By partnering with Ksolves for MongoDB support services, the manufacturing firm transformed its database platform into a highly available, performant, and manageable system. The optimized cluster, automated backup strategy, and proactive monitoring not only safeguarded critical production data but also empowered the client to scale operations confidently. With streamlined maintenance and rapid recovery capabilities in place, the client is well equipped to meet future data demands and sustain continuous manufacturing excellence.
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