Features and Benefits
Features
The MongoDB Playground, MongoDB Business, and MongoDB Enterprise editions offer the following key capabilities:
Availability: Single instance database cluster with a small cube template availability.
Security: All instance-to-instance and client-to-cluster communication is secured with TLS using Let’s Encrypt.
Resources: Cluster instances are dedicated Servers, with a dedicated CPU, storage, and RAM. For more information, see Resource Allocation.
Backup: Backups are disabled for this edition. You need to upgrade to MongoDB Business or MongoDB Enterprise to avail database backup capabilities.
High availability: Multi-instance database clusters across different physical hosts with automatic data replication and failure handling.
Security: All instance-to-instance and client-to-cluster communication is secured with TLS using Let’s Encrypt.
Management: Efficient monitoring and management are essential for maintaining the health and performance of MongoDB deployments. IONOS Cloud MongoDB Business edition includes powerful monitoring and management tools to simplify these tasks. The MongoDB management enables centralized monitoring, proactive alerts, and automated backups, allowing businesses to efficiently monitor their clusters, and safeguard their data.
Resources: Cluster instances are dedicated Servers, with a dedicated CPU, storage, and RAM. All data is stored on high-performance directly attached NVMe devices and encrypted at rest. For more information, see Resource Allocation.
Backup: Daily snapshots are retained for up to seven days.
Restore: Databases can be restored from snapshots.
Shards: Supports horizontal scalability through MongoDB sharding, which allows for data to be distributed across multiple servers. For an example of how to create a sharded cluster, see Create a Sharded Database Cluster.
Resources: Cluster instances are Virtual Servers with a boot and a data volume attached. The data volume is encrypted at rest. For more information, see Resource Allocation.
BI Connector: The MongoDB Connector for BI allows you to query MongoDB data with SQL using tools such as Tableau, Power BI, and Excel. For an example of how to create a cluster with a BI Connector, see Enable the BI Connector.
Network: Clusters can only be accessed through private LANs.
High Availability: Multi-instance clusters across different physical hosts with automatic data replication and failure handling.
Security: All instance-to-instance and client-to-cluster communication is secured with TLS using Let’s Encrypt.
Backup: Daily snapshots are kept for up to seven days.
Restore: Databases can be restored from a specific snapshot given by its ID or restored from a point in time given by a timestamp.
Offsite Backup: Backup data is stored in a location other than the deployed database cluster.
Enterprise Support: With MongoDB Enterprise, you gain access to professional support from the MongoDB team ensuring that you receive timely assistance and expert guidance when needed. IONOS Cloud offers enterprise-grade Service Level Agreements (SLAs), guaranteeing rapid response times and 24/7 support to address any critical issues that may arise.
Benefits
Managed Service: IONOS Cloud handles provisioning, scaling, backups, patching, and monitoring. It helps you focus on building applications instead of managing infrastructure. Some of the service management remains the user's responsibility to ensure maximum control over their resource and cost management. For more information, see FAQ.
High Availability: The data is automatically replicated across multiple nodes and availability zones. It minimizes downtime and protects against hardware failures, thus increasing the reliability.
Automatic Scaling: Horizontal (sharding) and vertical (CPU/RAM) scaling can be triggered manually or through auto‑scale policies. It handles traffic spikes without requiring manual intervention, maintaining steady performance.
Built‑in Security: With TLS encryption in transit, At‑rest encryption with customer‑managed keys (optional), Role‑Based Access Control (RBAC), and VPC/Private networking, it meets compliance requirements (GDPR, ISO‑27001, SOC 2) and safeguards sensitive data.
Integrated Backup & Point‑in‑Time Recovery: Daily snapshots with configurable retention periods plus on‑demand backups. It allows you to restore to any moment within the backup window, protecting against accidental deletions or corruption.
Performance Optimizations: With SSD storage and tunable cache size and connection pool defaults, faster query execution and lower latency for read‑heavy or write‑heavy workloads are possible.
Transparent Pricing: Pay‑as‑you‑go model with predictable per‑GB and per‑vCPU rates, no hidden egress fees within the IONOS Cloud network, simplifies budgeting, and allows you to scale cost-effectively.
Seamless Integration with IONOS Cloud Ecosystem: You can connect directly to IONOS Cloud Compute Services, Managed Kubernetes, Storage, and Network Services, forming an end-to-end solution with MongoDB as the data layer.
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