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title: "What is sharding in MongoDB, and how does it help scale large databases horizontally?"  
description: "What is sharding in MongoDB, and how does it help scale large databases horizontally?"  
author: "Anubhav Sharma"  
published: 2026-08-03  
updated: 2026-08-03  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/117005/what-is-sharding-in-mongodb-and-how-does-it-help-scale-large-databases-horizontally  
category: "database"  
tags: ["database", "mongodb"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is sharding in MongoDB, and how does it help scale large databases horizontally?

## What is sharding in MongoDB, and how does it help scale large databases horizontally?


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