On 1/27/16, 8:28 AM, "Shawn Heisey" <apa...@elyograg.org> wrote:
> >I don't think any documentation states this, but it seems like a good >idea to me use an alias from day one, so that you always have the option >of swapping the "real" collection that you are using without needing to >change anything else. I'll need to ask some people if they think this >is a good documentation addition, and think of a good place to mention >it in the reference guide. +1 - I recommend this at every opportunity. I’ve even considered creating 10 aliases for a single collection and having the client select one of the aliases randomly per query. This would allow transparently shifting traffic between collections in 10% increments.