On Tuesday, July 3, 2012 1:54:36 PM UTC-4, oct wrote:

> Hi,

> Is %subj% even possible?

> Right now I'm limiting by using --quota and --quotaFiles, which works in a
> way, but I'm not sure  how much space I've got left... is there a way to
> implement this? I need to make a small pie chart to display that.

> The only solution I'm thinking is to use db.stats() and "fileSize". So,
> fileSize would be 100%, but dataSize would be the actual used...

> Is there a better approach?

> Thanks.

On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Kevin Matulef <matu...@10gen.com> wrote:
> Unfortunately there's no built in flag to cap the total database size. As
> you've discovered, the --quota option will limit the number of data files
> and hence the total filesize.  But figuring out the remaining space is a
> little tricky, since some of the space in the datafiles is for indexes.
>  Also, if you're deleting documents, then fragmentation in the data files
> might mean that not all of the remaining space is usable.  fileSize minus
> dataSize will give you a rough estimate of the remaining space, but it
> won't be strictly accurate, so should be taken with a grain of salt.  .

> -Kevin

> On Tuesday, July 3, 2012 1:54:36 PM UTC-4, oct wrote:

>> Hi,

>> Is %subj% even possible?

>> Right now I'm limiting by using --quota and --quotaFiles, which works in
>> a way, but I'm not sure  how much space I've got left... is there a way to
>> implement this? I need to make a small pie chart to display that.

>> The only solution I'm thinking is to use db.stats() and "fileSize". So,
>> fileSize would be 100%, but dataSize would be the actual used...

>> Is there a better approach?

>> Thanks.

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octavian.covals...@gmail.com> wrote:
> OK, looks like I need a different approach.

> Is db.stats() an expensive operation? Would it impact performance if I'll
> run it say, every 1min?

> Thanks!

> On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Kevin Matulef <matu...@10gen.com> wrote:

>> Unfortunately there's no built in flag to cap the total database size. As
>> you've discovered, the --quota option will limit the number of data files
>> and hence the total filesize.  But figuring out the remaining space is a
>> little tricky, since some of the space in the datafiles is for indexes.
>>  Also, if you're deleting documents, then fragmentation in the data files
>> might mean that not all of the remaining space is usable.  fileSize minus
>> dataSize will give you a rough estimate of the remaining space, but it
>> won't be strictly accurate, so should be taken with a grain of salt.  .

>> -Kevin

>> On Tuesday, July 3, 2012 1:54:36 PM UTC-4, oct wrote:

>>> Hi,

>>> Is %subj% even possible?

>>> Right now I'm limiting by using --quota and --quotaFiles, which works in
>>> a way, but I'm not sure  how much space I've got left... is there a way to
>>> implement this? I need to make a small pie chart to display that.

>>> The only solution I'm thinking is to use db.stats() and "fileSize". So,
>>> fileSize would be 100%, but dataSize would be the actual used...

>>> Is there a better approach?

>>> Thanks.

>>>  --
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