WiredTiger explained

WiredTiger
Author:	WiredTiger Inc.
Released:	2012
Programming Language:	C
Operating System:	Cross-platform
Language:	English
Genre:	NoSQL

WiredTiger is a NoSQL, open source extensible platform for data management. It is released under version 2 or 3 of the GNU General Public License. WiredTiger uses multiversion concurrency control (MVCC) architecture.^[1]

Details

MongoDB acquired WiredTiger Inc. on December 16, 2014.^[2] The WiredTiger storage engine was made available as an optional storage engine in MongoDB 2.8.^[3] Early WiredTiger users included Amazon and Connectifier.^[4] The WiredTiger storage engine is the default storage engine starting in MongoDB version 3.2. It provides a document-level concurrency model, checkpointing, and compression, among other features. In MongoDB Enterprise, WiredTiger also supports encryption at rest.^[5]

Further reading

• Web site: Wolpe . Toby . MongoDB 3.0 gets ready to roll with WiredTiger engine onboard . . February 3, 2015 . July 8, 2016.
• Wolpe, Toby (December 16, 2014). "MongoDB snaps up WiredTiger and its storage expert team". ZDNet. Accessed July 8, 2016.
• Web site: MongoDB Buys WiredTiger: Database Move . . January 16, 2015 . . July 8, 2016.
• Web site: MongoDB 3.0 NoSQL database offers WiredTiger data compression . . February 3, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150214024259/http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2393440/mongodb-30-nosql-database-offers-wiredtiger-data-compression . unfit . February 14, 2015 . . July 8, 2016.
• Web site: MongoDB 3.0 NoSQL database integrates WiredTiger engine and Ops Manager tool . v3.co . February 3, 2015 . . July 8, 2016.
• Book: Plugge . E. . Hows . D. . Membrey . P. . Hawkins . T. . The Definitive Guide to MongoDB: A complete guide to dealing with Big Data using MongoDB . . 2015 . 978-1-4842-1182-3 . July 8, 2016. 10.
• Web site: Wolpe . Toby . MongoDB CTO: How our new WiredTiger storage engine will earn its stripes . ZDNet . November 21, 2014 . July 8, 2016.

Notes and References

1. Web site: WiredTiger: Snapshots and CheckPoints.
2. Web site: MongoDB Acquires WiredTiger Inc.
3. Web site: First Post: at MongoDB London 5 secs ago, @eliothorowitz just announced that Wired Tiger engine will be in MongoDB 2.8, fully supported. . 2023-02-18 . Twitter . en.
4. Web site: Datadog . 2016-01-05 . How Connectifier unfroze MongoDB with Datadog . 2023-02-18 . How Connectifier unfroze MongoDB with Datadog . en.
5. Web site: MongoDB: Encryption At Rest.