# \#database-growth

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## [Understanding Database Growth](https://community.neo4j.com/t/understanding-database-growth/317)

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**Author:** [@dana\_canzano](https://community.neo4j.com/u/dana_canzano)\
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**Last updated:** [August 23, 2018, 2:43am UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/understanding-database-growth/317 "2018-08-23T02:43:00Z")

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The easiest way to determine the size of your graph is through the filesystem and summing up the size of the files named \\\*store.db\*. For example on linux implmentations one can run du -hc $NEO4J\_HOME/data/databases/gr…