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154154Improved Data Center Awareness with Tag Aware Sharding
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157- In 2.2, MongoDB adds additional support for geographically distributed
158- database systems. This "tag aware" sharding combines with work done
159- with :ref:`read preferences <replica-set-read-preference>` and
160- :ref:`tag sets <replica-set-configuration-tag-sets>` to make it
161- possible to ensure that data in a geographically distributed sharded
162- cluster is always closest to the application servers that will use
163- that data the most.
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158+ In 2.2, MongoDB adds additional support for geographic distribution or
159+ other custom partitioning in shard clusters. By using this "tag
160+ aware" sharding, you can automatically ensure that data in a
161+ sharded database system is always closest to the application servers
162+ that use that data most frequently.
163+
164+ Shard tagging controls data location, and is complementary but
165+ separate from replica set tagging which controls data access. For
166+ example, shard tagging can pin all "USA" data to one or more logical
167+ shards, while replica set tagging can control which :program:`mongod`
168+ instances (e.g. "``production``" or "``reporting``") the application
169+ uses to service requests.
164170
165171See the documentation of the following helpers in the :program:`mongo`
166172shell that support tagged sharding configuration:
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