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How do you copy entire MongoDB database?

Databases

I faced small problem how to duplicate entire MongoDB database and I tried just to rename folder under data directory. So, instead of having my_database I just renamed it to my_new_database but it didn’t helped and when I used show collections it returned me an empty set. I also tried to rename files inside data/my_database to my_new_database but this didn’t helped me either. So, I finally looked into the documentation and found this command which copies the entire database:

19.06.2014

MongoDB vs MS SQL Server Comparison

Databases

We are using both databases for our projects and we can finalize some thoughts on both of them… Mongo Facts Free – official website is here and you can download it here Because it is using NoSQL concept it is really extremely fast when it comes to the inserts into database. It is almost fast as writing directly into the disk. It is at least 10 times faster when doing inserts. Because is is using NoSQL there is no scheme, you just store your object into database (JSON serialization is…read more

31.05.2013