Syntax error How to reduce MongoDB storage space after deleting large amount of data?

How to reduce MongoDB storage space after deleting large amount of data?

To reduce MongoDB storage space after deleting a large amount of data, you need to use repairDatabase(). Let’s say we are using the database “test”. Following is the query to get to the current database

> db;

This will produce the following output

Test

After deleting large amount of data, this is how you can reduce the storage space of MongoDB

> db.repairDatabase()

This will produce the following output

{ "ok" : 1 }

Here is the screenshot after we implement the above query. This will reduce the storage space:

Updated on: 2019-07-30T22:30:25+05:30

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