title: Meteor mongodb file size too big
body: <p>I am just starting with Meteor creating some test/practice apps. After I have created the app and run it, the .meteor folder size baloons to 500 MB. Each practice app adds 500 MB or so to my working folder.</p>
  
  <p>I am not playing with any huge data sets on anything, my database will be less than 10 MB.</p>
  
  <p>As I sync my work folder with my laptop, it is a major pain to back it up. How can I reduce the size of default mongodb while creating a practice app so that backing it up or folder sync </p>
  
  <p>Also even when I copy the whole app folder to the new location, It does not run, likely because the database is stored somewhere else. </p>
  
  <p>Can I save the database to the same folder as the app, so that just copying the folder over will enable me to continue working on the laptop as well?</p>
  
  <p>Sorry if the question is too noobish.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks for your time.</p>
  
  <p>meteor reset >>> deletes my database. I want to be able to preserve it.</p>