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Query to report disk space allocation and used space

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Problem

We are using 6 databases in total for an application, and we can only share 4TB of space among all 6 auto-grow databases (via SAN storage).

I'd like to write a query (report) for a single database indicating the "Currently allocated space" and "Available free space" attributes under the Tasks > Shrink > Database option in SQL Server Management Studio.

Then I'd like to convert those numbers to TB and total each database to get a rough estimate of how much space we have left. Can these fields be accessed via a T-SQL query? If so, what would the query look like?

Solution

Here is the query Management Studio uses to populate those numbers:

SELECT
(SELECT SUM(CAST(df.size as float)) FROM sys.database_files AS df 
   WHERE df.type in ( 0, 2, 4 ) ) AS [DbSize],
SUM(a.total_pages) AS [SpaceUsed],
(SELECT SUM(CAST(df.size as float)) FROM sys.database_files AS df 
   WHERE df.type in (1, 3)) AS [LogSize]
FROM
sys.partitions p join sys.allocation_units a 
  on p.partition_id = a.container_id 
left join sys.internal_tables it 
  on p.object_id = it.object_id


You need to perform math here just like Management Studio does in order to get the same numbers. Also, the left join to sys.internal_tables seems superfluous at best. So adjusting that query to match your ideal output:

SELECT
(SELECT CONVERT(DECIMAL(18,2), SUM(CAST(df.size as float))*8/1024.0)
   FROM sys.database_files AS df 
   WHERE df.type in ( 0, 2, 4 ) ) AS [DbSize],
CONVERT(DECIMAL(18,2), SUM(a.total_pages)*8/1024.0) AS [SpaceUsed],
(SELECT CONVERT(DECIMAL(18,2), SUM(CAST(df.size as float))*8/1024.0)
   FROM sys.database_files AS df 
   WHERE df.type in (1, 3)) AS [LogSize]
FROM sys.partitions p join sys.allocation_units a 
  on p.partition_id = a.container_id;


With this update, assuming your database doesn't change in the meantime, it should yield:

753475.94    744030.07    2900.00


Doing some simple math, and isolating just the three numbers you want:

;WITH t(s) AS
(
  SELECT CONVERT(DECIMAL(18,2), SUM(size)*8/1024.0)
   FROM sys.database_files
   WHERE [type] % 2 = 0
), 
d(s) AS
(
  SELECT CONVERT(DECIMAL(18,2), SUM(total_pages)*8/1024.0)
   FROM sys.partitions AS p
   INNER JOIN sys.allocation_units AS a 
   ON p.[partition_id] = a.container_id
)
SELECT 
  Allocated_Space = t.s, 
  Available_Space = t.s - d.s,
  [Available_%] = CONVERT(DECIMAL(5,2), (t.s - d.s)*100.0/t.s)
FROM t CROSS APPLY d;

Code Snippets

SELECT
(SELECT SUM(CAST(df.size as float)) FROM sys.database_files AS df 
   WHERE df.type in ( 0, 2, 4 ) ) AS [DbSize],
SUM(a.total_pages) AS [SpaceUsed],
(SELECT SUM(CAST(df.size as float)) FROM sys.database_files AS df 
   WHERE df.type in (1, 3)) AS [LogSize]
FROM
sys.partitions p join sys.allocation_units a 
  on p.partition_id = a.container_id 
left join sys.internal_tables it 
  on p.object_id = it.object_id
SELECT
(SELECT CONVERT(DECIMAL(18,2), SUM(CAST(df.size as float))*8/1024.0)
   FROM sys.database_files AS df 
   WHERE df.type in ( 0, 2, 4 ) ) AS [DbSize],
CONVERT(DECIMAL(18,2), SUM(a.total_pages)*8/1024.0) AS [SpaceUsed],
(SELECT CONVERT(DECIMAL(18,2), SUM(CAST(df.size as float))*8/1024.0)
   FROM sys.database_files AS df 
   WHERE df.type in (1, 3)) AS [LogSize]
FROM sys.partitions p join sys.allocation_units a 
  on p.partition_id = a.container_id;
753475.94    744030.07    2900.00
;WITH t(s) AS
(
  SELECT CONVERT(DECIMAL(18,2), SUM(size)*8/1024.0)
   FROM sys.database_files
   WHERE [type] % 2 = 0
), 
d(s) AS
(
  SELECT CONVERT(DECIMAL(18,2), SUM(total_pages)*8/1024.0)
   FROM sys.partitions AS p
   INNER JOIN sys.allocation_units AS a 
   ON p.[partition_id] = a.container_id
)
SELECT 
  Allocated_Space = t.s, 
  Available_Space = t.s - d.s,
  [Available_%] = CONVERT(DECIMAL(5,2), (t.s - d.s)*100.0/t.s)
FROM t CROSS APPLY d;

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StackExchange Database Administrators Q#29543, answer score: 43

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