Find largest table in a SQL Server database
Monitoring table size over time is very important to the SQL Server Engine. In performance point of view to run queries. At the most optimal and avoid performance issues due to larger table size as it important factor in SQL Server performance There are often many times people ask, how to find the largest tables/objects in a database, so below scripts, will determine which objects in a database are largest.
SELECT
t.name AS TableName,
i.name as indexName,
sum(p.rows) as RowCounts,
sum(a.total_pages) as TotalPages,
sum(a.used_pages) as UsedPages,
sum(a.data_pages) as DataPages,
(sum(a.total_pages) * 8) / 1024 as TotalSpaceMB,
(sum(a.used_pages) * 8) / 1024 as UsedSpaceMB,
(sum(a.data_pages) * 8) / 1024 as DataSpaceMB
FROM
sys.tables t
INNER JOIN
sys.indexes i ON t.object_id = i.object_id
INNER JOIN
sys.partitions p ON i.object_id = p.object_id AND i.index_id = p.index_id
INNER JOIN
sys.allocation_units a ON p.partition_id = a.container_id
WHERE
t.name NOT LIKE 'dt%' AND
i.object_id > 255 AND
i.index_id <= 1
GROUP BY
t.name, i.object_id, i.index_id, i.name
ORDER BY TotalSpaceMB DESC
