It is up to you how much space you want. You need to use the parameter size to set. Use below syntax −
db.createCollection(‘yourCollectionName’, capped=true, size=yourValue);
Let us implement the above syntax in order to allow size for a capped collection −
> db.createCollection('cappedCollectionMaximumSize', capped=true, size=1948475757574646);
{ "ok" : 1 }Let us check the description of the above collection −
> db.cappedCollectionMaximumSize.find().explain();
This will produce the following output −
{
"queryPlanner" : {
"plannerVersion" : 1,
"namespace" : "test.cappedCollectionMaximumSize",
"indexFilterSet" : false,
"parsedQuery" : {
},
"winningPlan" : {
"stage" : "COLLSCAN",
"direction" : "forward"
},
"rejectedPlans" : [ ]
},
"serverInfo" : {
"host" : "DESKTOP-QN2RB3H",
"port" : 27017,
"version" : "4.0.5",
"gitVersion" : "3739429dd92b92d1b0ab120911a23d50bf03c412"
},
"ok" : 1
}