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size of confluence instance

Victor Prasad

Hello,

I am being asked how much data (web pages and attachments) is our instance of Confluence using. Do need to look at the database (if so which one) or are files stored on the server?

I want to ignore all the system/install files. How much content is has been generated.

Where and what should I be looking for?

Thanks,

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Davin Studer

Well, the files could be in the db depending upon your version and where you chose to store attachments to begin with. Recent versions will only do file system storage. You can figure this out by going to Confluence Admin -> Attachment Storage. If they are in the db then your size is just the size of the db. Otherwise, it is db size + "confluenceHome/attachments". You might also want to throw in the index size as well ... which would be "confluenceHome/index".

Nic Brough -Adaptavist-

It's not quite that simple, but we can get you an answer...

Confluence stores your data in one or two places, but it also generates ephemeral files, which you might need to think about. So, you've got several things to consider:

You've already said you're not interested in the installation
You should have a look at the Confluence "Home" directory, where you'll find a lot of the ephemeral files - logs, the index, temporary files etc. I don't know if you need these, from your question
Your attachments are definitely content, but they might be stored in the database if you're on older versions. If they are not, then they are in <confluence home>/attachments and you can literally just say "show me the size of that directory" to get their size.
Finally, the database. All the content is in there, but it's not just the pages, it's all the config, history and the rest. As for "if so, which database", that's simple - it's the database you've configured Confluence to use.

Victor Prasad

Thanks!

We are looking a product and they are asking for the amount of data we have, for licensing.

I am going back to them as well.

Nic Brough -Adaptavist-

Size is irrelevant to licencing - all that matters is "number of users who can log in"

Victor Prasad

Hi Nick, we are looking at migration tool - they are asking us specifically how much Confluence content is to be moved. Thus my question. Confluence itself is licensed by users as you are stating! Thanks for the fast input! It's really helping me out today!

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