MongoDB โ€” GridFS for Large File Storage

๐Ÿƒ MongoDB 7.0+ ๐ŸŸข Chapter 47 of 50 ๐Ÿ“‚ Phase 10: Our Compiler Schema & Interview Prep ๐Ÿ“… 2026 Edition

Store and stream files exceeding the 16 MB limit using GridFS fs.files and fs.chunks collections.

1How GridFS Works

GridFS divides a file into chunks (default 255 KB) and stores them in two collections:

  • fs.files: Stores file metadata (filename, upload date, size).
  • fs.chunks: Stores the raw binary data chunks.
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