> > Fri Mar 7 07:43:07.964 [initandlisten] Please make at least 3379MB > > available in /var/lib/mongodb/journal or use --smallfiles > It's an upstream thing. They need such amount of free space for > proper working of mongodb-server. I don't think I can do much about > this. :-|
I am not sure that is a correct assessment. As the error message says, it is quite possible to run it with the --smallfiles option, which makes the disk space requirement drop to 512 megabytes, enabling it to on debian with far less disk usage: http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/configuration-options/#%20storage.mmapv1.smallFiles It just creates more files later, which while not optimal for large databases, it doesn't seem to affect smaller ones, like the one I tried setting up here. I don't see why the Debian installer should restrict the way software is run to that degree, or that a successful installation should be defined by whether the software also starts. There could be other things that stop it working, perhaps one needs to run it with more verbose logging to find out why, and so on. Anyway, in my use case, MongDB work exactly as advertized, I use it in a way it supports, but the installer refuses to install it. That cannot make it an upstream bug. -- Med vänliga hälsningar/Kind regards, Nicklas Börjesson
