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Update source/administration/sharding.txt
Per DOCS-983 - explicit warning
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@@ -595,6 +595,14 @@ insert operation, and can only migrate a single chunk at a time. Chunk
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migrations are resource intensive and further complicated by large
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write volume to the migrating chunk.
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.. warning::
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Pre-splitting can only be performed on an empty collection.
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When you enable sharding for a collection containing data the
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collection will be automatically split for you. Subsequent
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attempts to pre-split as below may lead to strange and
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unpredictable chunk ranges and sizes.
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To create and migrate chunks manually, use the following procedure:
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#. Split empty chunks in your collection by manually performing

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