DOCS-155 edits in response to technical review and comments.

See the comments: #44

Author: Sam Kleinman

source/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-windows.txt

@@ -34,10 +34,12 @@ downloads page <http://www.mongodb.org/downloads>`_.
    work in 32-bit Windows.
 
    The 32-bit versions of MongoDB are suitable for testing and
-   evaluation purposes but cannot use databases larger than 2GB.
+   evaluation purposes but can only support small databases and are
+   not appropriate for production deployments.
 
    You can find the architecture of your version of Windows
-   installation using the following command in the :guilabel:`Command Shell`
+   installation using the following command in the :guilabel:`Command
+   Shell`
 
    .. code-block:: powershell
 
@@ -92,8 +94,8 @@ command sequence:
 
 .. code-block:: powershell
 
-   mkdir data
-   mkdir data\db
+   md data
+   md data\db
 
 .. note::
 
@@ -105,6 +107,14 @@ command sequence:
 
       C:\mongodb\bin\mongod.exe --dbpath d:\test\mongodb\data
 
+   If your path includes spaces, enclose the entire path in double
+   quotations, for example:
+
+   .. code-block:: powershell
+
+      C:\mongodb\bin\mongod.exe --dbpath "d:\test\mongo db data"
+
+
 Start MongoDB
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
@@ -169,18 +179,18 @@ MongoDB as a Windows Service
 Setup MongoDB as a :guilabel:`Windows Service`, so that the database
 will start automatically following each reboot cycle.
 
-Configure the MongoDB Service
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Configure the System
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-You must specify two options when running MongoDB as a Windows
-Service: a directory for the log output and a :doc:`configuration file
-</reference/configuration-options>`.
+You should specify two options when running MongoDB as a Windows
+Service: a path for the log output (i.e. :setting:`logpath`) and a
+:doc:`configuration file </reference/configuration-options>`.
 
 #. Create a specific directory for MongoDB log files:
 
    .. code-block:: powershell
 
-      mkdir C:\mongodb\log
+      md C:\mongodb\log
 
 #. Create a configuration file for the :setting:`logpath` option for
    MongoDB in the :guilabel:`Command Shell` by issuing this command:
@@ -189,6 +199,18 @@ Service: a directory for the log output and a :doc:`configuration file
 
       echo logpath=C:\mongodb\log > C:\mongodb\mongodb.cfg
 
+While these optional steps are optional, using the configuration file,
+and creating a specific location for log files are good practice.
+
+.. note::
+
+   Also consider setting the :setting:`logappend` option, otherwise,
+   :program:`mongod.exe` will delete the contents of the existing log
+   file when starting.
+
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.2
+      This behavior will change in the 2.2 release.
+
 Install and Run the MongoDB Service
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~