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db.collection.totalIndexSize()¶
-
db.collection.
totalIndexSize
()¶ 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 thetotalIndexSize
field returned by thecollStats
command.For MongoDB API drivers, refer to the language-specific MongoDB driver documentation.
Returns: The total size of all indexes for the collection. If an index uses prefix compression (which is the
default for WiredTiger
), the returned size reflects the compressed size.