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title: "Unlocking the Mystery of MongoDB Shard Key Selection: Choosing the Right MongoDB Shard Key for Your Business"
description: "Unlocking the Mystery of MongoDB Shard Key Selection: Choose the Right MongoDB Shard Key for Your Business"
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# Unlocking the Mystery of MongoDB Shard Key Selection Interactive Panel

 

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### Selecting the right shard key is one of the most important MongoDB design decisions you make, as it impacts performance and data management. Choosing the wrong shard key can have a disastrous effect on both. 

Unlocking the Mystery of MongoDB Shard Key Selection:  
**Choosing the Right MongoDB Shard Key for Your Business**

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### Tune in on demand for an interactive panel, where Percona MongoDB Technical Lead Kimberly Wilkins is joined by Percona technical experts Mike Grayson and Vinicius Grippa as they highlight some of the perils and pitfalls to avoid, as well as offering shard key best practices such as:

 

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#### Factors to consider when selecting your shard key

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#### Hidden “gotchas” around shard selection and architecture

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#### Examples of the worst shard keys our experts have seen

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#### What happens when you have a busted shard key, and how you can mitigate the impact

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#### What’s happening “under MongoDB’s hood” with all the changes?

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#### The future of shard keys for MongoDB

 

By the end of this webinar, attendees will have a deeper knowledge of the importance, considerations, and consequences of shard key selection.

### MongoDB Runs Better with Percona

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