Limit MongoDB disk usage on your machine

When doing local development, you might want to limit how much space mongodb uses.

Note: Do not do this in production unless you know what you are doing. It will affect performance.

If you are on Ubuntu perform these steps:

1. Stop mongodb
   sudo service mongodb stop
2. Edit the mongodb configuration
   sudo nano /etc/mongodb.conf
3. Add this to the file and save/close:
   smallfiles=true
4. Remove old journal files:
   sudo rm -rf /var/lib/mongodb/journal
5. Start mongodb
   sudo nano service mongodb start