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 }