MongoDB replica sets allow for horizontal scaling of MongoDB deployments. The document discusses best practices for implementing and managing MongoDB replica sets, including:
- Maintaining an odd number of voting members to prevent election ties
- Using read preferences like nearest, secondary preferred for improved performance
- Configuring a minimum oplog retention period of 24 hours for recovery from outages
- Enabling authentication and authorization to secure replica sets
- Several features introduced in MongoDB versions 4.4 and 5.0 like resumable initial sync and simultaneous indexing improve replication performance.