DOCS-4674: Tweak data directory size FAQ #2161
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| MongoDB preallocates its data files, in part to avoid file system fragmentation. | ||
| The first file that :program:`mongod` creates, ``<databasename>.1``, will be 64 |
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is it <databasename>.1 or <databasename>.0
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Oh, it's absolutely <databasename>.0. Good catch, thanks!
| MongoDB preallocates its data files, in part to avoid file system fragmentation. | ||
| The first file that :program:`mongod` creates, ``<databasename>.0``, will be 64 | ||
| megabytes. The second, ``<databasename>.1``, will be 128 megabytes; and so on, | ||
| up to 2 gigabytes. The :setting:`storage.mmapv1.smallFiles` option will reduce the |
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almost. But the second sentence makes it seems like we stop pre-allocating data files once it allocates the first 2 gigabyte data file.
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@kay-kim is this ready for merge? |
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yup |
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* update snooty.toml * (DOCS-15741): Finalize 4.4.18 changelog (#2160)
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