Mongodb – Process to reclaim free space from mongodb ,replication is there

There are two operations here
1. Compact - This is an in place compact of data inside the data files. This will however not release any of the data files. Even thought it does not return the free space to the file system mongo should be able to use the space for growth.
2. Repair - This will release any unused space back to the filesystem. This is what you need. However repair requires the same amount of space as your database. So if you want to repair you will 800GB + few extra GB for repair to complete.

In my opinion if your fragmentation is not over 15-20% its not worth doing that (except if you are running out of disk space). What i would do is:

1) Add an arbiter to each replica set (optional)

2) Shutdown one of the secondaries and delete the data directory

3) Start the secondary and let it do the initial sync which removes fragmentation

(at this point you can evaluate if the gain on disk worth continue)

4) When Secondary catch up do the same for the next Secondary

5) When all Secondaries done, step-down Primary and do the same on the x-Primary

6) Remove the arbiter

Important: Your oplog size must be able to keep all operations during the initial sync. Else you will need to resize it (Same applies if you choose repair option)

For your second question replica set member don't hold any metadata. If the majority of Replica set is always available you will not face any issues.