Posted by Erland Sommarskog on 09/30/73 11:41

(Greg.Harabedian@gmail.com) writes:
> I am using SQL Server 2000. How can I tell how much free space is
> available within a particular filegroup? What query can I run to get
> this information?

The used space in a file group in MB:

SELECT SUM(reserved)*8192/1000000 FROM sysindexes
WHERE indid IN (0, 1)
AND groupid = filegroup_id('YOURGROUP')

The total space available in a file group in MB:

SELECT SUM(size)*8192/1000000 FROM sysindexes
WHERE groupid = filegroup_id('YOURGROUP')

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Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se

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