sh.stopBalancer()
Definition
Changed in version 4.2.
Disables the balancer in a sharded cluster. Starting in MongoDB 4.2,sh.stopBalancer()
also disables auto-splitting for thesharded cluster.
The method can take the following options:
ParameterTypeDescriptiontimeout
integerTime limit for disabling the balancer.
Defaults to 60000 milliseconds.
Changed in version 3.4: If using the 3.4 mongo
shell with earlier versionsharded clusters, the parameter specifies the amount ofmilliseconds to wait for the balancing round to stop.
interval
integerThe interval (in milliseconds) at which to check if the balancinground has stopped.
Changed in version 3.4: Only applicable when using version 3.4 mongo
shellwith earlier version sharded clusters.
You can only run sh.stopBalancer()
on amongos
instance. sh.stopBalancer()
errorsif run on mongod
instance.
The mongo
shell method is a wrapper around thebalancerStop
command, introduced in 3.4.
Behavior
If a balancing round is in progress, the operation waits for balancingto complete.
See also