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4143Performance Issues with PSA replica sets
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1616cluster`. Together, the cluster's shards hold the entire data set for the
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19- As of MongoDB 3.6, shards must be deployed as a :term:`replica set` to
20- provide redundancy and high availability.
19+ Shards must be deployed as a :term:`replica set` to provide redundancy and high
20+ availability.
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22+ .. important::
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24+ Sharded clusters use the write concern ``"majority"`` for a lot of internal
25+ operations. Using an arbiter in a sharded cluster is discouraged due to
26+ :ref:`replica-set-arbiter-performance-psa`.
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