2021

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Billing for the backup feature

The backup feature provides a free quota for backup storage. You are charged on a pay-as-you-go basis for backup storage usage that exceeds the free quota. For a cloud disk instance, you are charged if the backup storage usage exceeds 200% of the instance storage space. For a local disk instance, you are charged if the backup storage usage exceeds 50% of the instance storage space. For more information, see Pricing.

2021-10-14

China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Qingdao), China (Beijing), China (Zhangjiakou), China (Shenzhen), China (Guangzhou), China (Hong Kong), US (Virginia), US (Silicon Valley), UK (London), and UAE (Dubai).

• Automatically back up MongoDB data

• Manually back up MongoDB data

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Support for MongoDB 5.0

MongoDB 5.0 introduces a new release cycle to deliver features to users faster. Key new features include:

• Native time series platform: Enables MongoDB to support a wider range of workloads and business scenarios.

• Online resharding: Simply run the reshardCollection command in the MongoDB Shell, select the database and collection to reshard, and specify the new shard key.

• Versioned API: Lets you use the latest features of MongoDB faster and more easily.

• The default Write Concern level is Majority: This provides stronger data reliability.

• Long-running snapshot queries: Increase application versatility and resilience.

• The new MongoDB Shell: Introduces syntax highlighting, smart autocompletion, contextual help, and useful error messages for an intuitive and interactive experience.

• Release versioning changes: Starting from MongoDB 5.0, MongoDB releases are divided into Major Releases and Rapid Releases. Rapid Releases are development versions that are available for download and testing, but are not recommended for use in production environments.

• Value-added management capabilities include high availability, elastic scaling, automatic backup and recovery, fine-grained monitoring and alerting, and intelligent diagnostics, analysis, and assisted optimization.

2021-09-28

China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Qingdao), China (Beijing), China (Zhangjiakou), China (Hohhot), China (Shenzhen), China (Heyuan), China (Chengdu), Singapore, US (Silicon Valley), and US (Virginia).

• Overview of new features in MongoDB 5.0

• Create a replica set instance

Billing for the backup feature in specific regions

You are charged on a pay-as-you-go basis for the backup storage usage that exceeds the free quota. For local disk instances, the free quota is 50% of the instance storage space. For cloud disk instances, the free quota is 200% of the instance storage space. For more information, see Pricing.

2021-09-23

China (Chengdu), China (Heyuan), China (Hohhot), China (Ulanqab), Singapore, Japan (Tokyo), Germany (Frankfurt), Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), and Indonesia (Jakarta).

• Automatically back up MongoDB data

• Manually back up MongoDB data

Add mongos and shard nodes in batches

You can add multiple mongos nodes or shard nodes to a sharded cluster instance in a single operation.

2021-09-16

All

• Add a mongos node

• Add a shard node

Enhancements to the backup feature

Enhancements to the backup feature include:

• The backup retention period, previously fixed at 7 days, is now customizable from 7 to 730 days. The default retention period for new users is 30 days.

• Backup frequency: The range is changed from 1 to 7 times per week to 2 to 7 times per week. The default frequency remains 7 times per week.

• Replica set instances and sharded cluster instances support enabling or disabling log backups. A visual list of log backup files is provided, which lets you view backup details.

2021-09-10

All

• Automatically back up MongoDB data

• Manually back up MongoDB data

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Release date

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Updates to the scheduled events feature

• On the console, Scheduled Events in the left-side navigation pane is renamed to Scheduled Events.

• The following capabilities are now supported:

  • Configure a recurring schedule for events.

  • For minor version upgrade events, you can cancel the scheduled time.

2021-08-07

All

• View and manage scheduled events

• Subscribe to event notifications

Serverless instances support more specifications and configuration changes

• ApsaraDB for MongoDB Serverless instances now support a wider range of specifications:

  • Computing Specifications: The available capacity is expanded from a fixed 100 CUs to a range of 100 to 8,000 CUs, in increments of 100 CUs.

  • Storage Space: The available capacity is expanded from 1–10 GB to 1–100 GB. The increment remains 1 GB.

• You can also change the configuration of a Serverless instance:

  • You can upgrade the Computing Specifications and Storage Space.

  • You can downgrade the Computing Specifications.

2021-08-03

All

• Create an ApsaraDB for MongoDB Serverless instance (Discontinued)

• Change the configuration of a Serverless instance

Feature

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Change the configurations of multiple mongos and shard nodes for a sharded cluster instance

You can change the configurations of multiple mongos or shard nodes for a sharded cluster instance in a single operation.

• Change the specifications of multiple mongos nodes.

• Change the specifications, storage space, and number of read-only nodes for multiple shard nodes.

  Note

  You can change the number of read-only nodes only for subscription instances.

2021-07-08

All

• Change the configuration of mongos nodes

• Change the configuration of shard nodes

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CloudDBA is available for MongoDB 4.4 replica set instances

MongoDB 4.4 replica set instances support the following CloudDBA features:

• Performance

• Real-time Performance

• Sessions

• Storage Analysis

2021-06-17

All

• Performance trends

• Real-time performance

• Instance sessions

• Storage analysis

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Manually release mongos and shard nodes from a sharded cluster instance

You can manually release mongos and shard nodes from a sharded cluster instance. The following requirements apply:

• You can release mongos nodes only if the instance has three or more mongos nodes.

• You can release shard nodes only if the instance has three or more shard nodes.

2021-05-08

All

Release an instance

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Enhancements for read-only nodes in subscription sharded cluster instances

Read-only nodes in subscription sharded cluster instances running MongoDB 3.4, 4.0, and 4.2 now support the following features:

• Change configurations

• View basic information

• Use dedicated endpoints

• View monitoring information

2021-04-01

All

• Change the configurations of a sharded cluster instance

• Apply for a shard endpoint

• Node monitoring (formerly Basic Monitoring)

Enhancements for MongoDB 4.4 replica set instances

MongoDB 4.4 replica set instances now support the following features:

• Enable or disable password-free access over VPC

• Configure SSL encryption

• Restore all databases to a specific point in time by creating a new instance.

2021-04-01

All

• Disable password-free access over a VPC

• Configure SSL encryption

• Create a new instance for point-in-time recovery

Feature

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Changes to the refund policy for downgrading subscription instances

The refund policy for real-time downgrades of subscription instances has changed. For details about the new policy, see Real-time downgrade refund rules.

2021-02-09

All

• Configuration change fees

• Real-time downgrade refund rules

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Read-only nodes for sharded cluster instances

Subscription sharded cluster instances now support read-only nodes.

2021-01-15

All

[Notice] Read-only nodes are available for sharded cluster instances from January 15

Support for more parameters in DynamoDB-compatible instances

Instances compatible with the DynamoDB protocol now support the following API operations and parameters:

• The following DynamoDB Streams API operations are now supported: DescribeStream, ListStreams, GetShardIterator, and GetRecords.

• The StreamSpecification parameter is now supported for the CreateTable and UpdateTable operations and in the TableDescription data type.

2021-01-04

All

Compatibility with DynamoDB