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roshana
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Posted - 2010-03-13 : 20:03:17
Hi All
I have to develop a new sql server database, with 40 tables
i checked with 'sp_spaceused' SP to find out the space used for tables in the database and the total DB size.but how can i calculate log file size and Data file size from this result.

Thanks
Roshana

tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess

38200 Posts

Posted - 2010-03-13 : 20:20:16
A database's size is all files combined together. Typically that's just an MDF and an LDF. An LDF is usually around 25-50% of the MDF. To calculate the MDF, you'll need to calculate how big each of the tables will be by finding the max/avg row size and multiplying that by the number of expected rows. Then you'll need to account for indexes.

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