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How do you backup your MongoDB database without acquiring a write lock?

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Anonymous
·Feb 25, 2015

I am periodically taking backups of my database with mongodump, but it requires a write lock. Right now it's not a problem, but when my app grows this is going to cause trouble. So, does anyone know how to take backups without acquiring a write lock?