Mwai Karimi gave an introduction to MongoDB, a scalable document-oriented database. Some key points:
- MongoDB uses a flexible document data model and scales horizontally with sharding. It supports rich queries and indexing.
- Documents correspond to objects in programming languages, reducing need for joins. Embedded documents and dynamic schemas provide flexibility.
- CRUD operations allow creating, reading, updating, and deleting documents. Collections contain documents and scale out across servers.
- MongoDB supports features like replication, auto-sharding, security controls, and disaster recovery through Ops Manager to provide high availability, scalability, and manageability.