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Does MongoDb mmap everything (i.e. all data files + all indexes) into memory on start?
If database has 100GB and machine has only 4GB RAM, MongoDb mmaps whole database into memory, is it right?
MongoDB uses memory-mapped files for all data. See the following documentation for how this works:
http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/faq/storage/#what-are-memory-mapped-files
http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Checking+Server+Memory+Usage
http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Starting+and+Stopping+Mongo#StartingandStoppingMongo-MemoryUsage
http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Caching