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sh.startBalancer()

Definition

sh.startBalancer(timeout, interval)

Enables the balancer in a sharded cluster and waits for balancing to initiate.

Important

You can only run sh.startBalancer() on a mongos instance. sh.startBalancer() errors if run on mongod instance.

Parameter	Type	Description
timeout	integer	Milliseconds to wait.
interval	integer	Milliseconds to sleep each cycle of waiting.

See also

• sh.enableBalancing()
• sh.disableBalancing()
• sh.getBalancerHost()
• sh.getBalancerState()
• sh.isBalancerRunning()
• sh.setBalancerState()
• sh.stopBalancer()
• sh.waitForBalancer()
• sh.waitForBalancerOff()

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