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db.collection.storageSize()¶
-
db.collection.
storageSize
()¶ Important
mongo
Shell MethodThis page documents a
mongo
method. This is not the documentation for database commands or language-specific drivers, such as Node.js. To use the database command, see thestorageSize
field returned by thecollStats
command.For MongoDB API drivers, refer to the language-specific MongoDB driver documentation.
Returns: The total amount of storage in bytes allocated to this collection for document storage. If collection data is compressed (which is the
default for WiredTiger
), the storage size reflects the compressed size and may be smaller than the value returned bydb.collection.dataSize()
.