Totally agree that would've likely worked too, though I'm not convinced it would have been significantly faster doing a dump, import, and data processing. Dumps

Totally agree that would've likely worked too, though I'm not convinced it would have been significantly faster doing a dump, import, and data processing. Dumps from mongo typically took upwards of two hours not to mention transferring the file and then importing it then processing the data. Just a different way to skin the cat.