sh.enableAutoSplit

Description

• sh.enableAutoSplit()

New in version 3.4.

Enables auto-splitting for the sharded cluster. Auto-splitting isenabled by default.

sh.enableAutoSplit() enables the autosplit flag in theconfig.settings collection.

You can only run sh.enableAutoSplit() from amongo shell connected to a mongosinstance. sh.enableAutoSplit() errors if run on amongod instance.

Note

Starting in MongoDB 4.2, sh.startBalancer() also enablesauto-splitting for the sharded cluster.

For more information on chunk splits, seeChunk Splits. For more information about how MongoDBbalances chunks among shards, see:Manage Sharded Cluster Balancer andSharded Cluster Balancer.