@@ -393,11 +393,11 @@ tool. As a result you may:
393393
394394.. _database-dumps:
395395
396- Binary Import/Export Formats
396+ Binary Dump/Restore Formats
397397----------------------------
398398
399- This section describes the process for exporting the entire contents
400- of your MongoDB instance, to a file in a binary format. This command
399+ This section describes the process for writing the entire contents of
400+ your MongoDB instance, to a file in a binary format. This command
401401provides the best option for full system database backups if
402402disk-level snapshots are not available.
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@@ -411,8 +411,8 @@ disk-level snapshots are not available.
411411 If your system has disk level snapshot capabilities, consider the
412412 backup methods described :ref:`above <block-level-backup>`.
413413
414- Database Export with :program:`mongodump`
415- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
414+ Database Dump with :program:`mongodump`
415+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
416416
417417The :program:`mongodump` utility performs a live backup the data, or
418418can work against an inactive set of database
@@ -461,9 +461,9 @@ configuration. Consider the following example:
461461 mongodump --dbpath /srv/mongodb
462462
463463Additionally, the ":option:`--host <mongodump --host>`" and
464- ":option:`--port <mongodump --port>`" options allow you to
465- specify a non-local host to connect to capture the export . Consider
466- the following example:
464+ ":option:`--port <mongodump --port>`" options allow you to specify a
465+ non-local host to connect to capture the dump . Consider the following
466+ example:
467467
468468.. code-block:: sh
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@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ will look for a database dump in the ``dump/`` directory and restore
489489that. If you wish to restore to a non-default host, the
490490":option:`--host <mongod>`" and ":option:`--port <mongod --port>`"
491491options allow you to specify a non-local host to connect to capture
492- the export . Consider the following example:
492+ the dump . Consider the following example:
493493
494494.. code-block:: sh
495495
@@ -559,17 +559,17 @@ across all shards.
559559Shard Clusters
560560~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
561561
562- Using Database Exports From a Cluster
563- `````````````````````````````````````
562+ Using Database Dumps From a Cluster
563+ ```````````````````````````````````
564564
565565If you have a small collection of data, the easiest way to connecting
566- to the :program:`mongos` and taking a dump or export of the database
567- from the running copy. This will create a consistent copy of the data
568- in your database. If your data corpus is small enough that:
566+ to the :program:`mongos` and taking a dump of the database from the
567+ running copy. This will create a consistent copy of the data in your
568+ database. If your data corpus is small enough that:
569569
570570- it's possible to store the entire backup on one system, or a single
571571 storage device. Consider both backups of entire instances, and
572- incremental exports of data.
572+ incremental dups of data.
573573
574574- the state of the database at the beginning of the operation is
575575 not significantly different than the state of the database at the
@@ -582,21 +582,20 @@ in your database. If your data corpus is small enough that:
582582Using Conventional Backups from All Database Instances
583583``````````````````````````````````````````````````````
584584
585- If you there is no way to conduct a backup reasonably using an export ,
585+ If you there is no way to conduct a backup reasonably with a dump ,
586586then you'll need to either snapshot the database using the
587587:ref:`snapshot backup procedure <block-level-backup>` or create a
588- binary dump of each database instance using :ref:`binary export
589- systems <database-dumps>`.
590-
591- These backups must not only capture the database in a
592- consistent state, as described in the aforementioned procedures, but
593- the :term:`shard cluster` needs to be consistent in itself. Also,
594- disable the balancer process that equalizes the distribution of data
595- among the :term:`shards <shard>` before taking the backup.
596-
597- You should also all cluster members so that your backups reflect your
598- entire database system at a single point in time, even if your backup
599- methodology does not require.
588+ binary dump of each database instance using :ref:`binary dump methods
589+ <database-dumps>`.
590+
591+ These backups must not only capture the database in a consistent
592+ state, as described in the aforementioned procedures, but the
593+ :term:`shard cluster` needs to be consistent in itself. Also, disable
594+ the balancer process that equalizes the distribution of data among the
595+ :term:`shards <shard>` before taking the backup.
596+
597+ You should also lock all cluster members at once so that your backups
598+ reflect your entire database system at a single point in time.
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601600.. warning::
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