how to figure out what is using up space in a db

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how to figure out what is using up space in a db

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esthera
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

1410 Posts

Posted - 2015-01-21 : 07:13:24

I have a 500 GB database

How can I see which tables and what is using up the space?

gbritton
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

2780 Posts

Posted - 2015-01-21 : 09:04:26

sys.tables will tell you the table names https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187406.aspx
sp_spaceused will tell you the space used by each table https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-CA/library/ms188776.aspx

tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess

38200 Posts

Posted - 2015-01-21 : 11:22:39

An easy way is using the GUI: right click on the database, reports, disk usage by top tables.

Tara Kizer
SQL Server MVP since 2007
http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/tarad/

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