https://yegorov.github.io/tags/database/ Recent content in Database on Artem Yegorov Hugo en Mon, 16 Feb 2026 14:19:59 +0000 https://yegorov.github.io/notes/get-database-size/ Mon, 16 Feb 2026 14:19:59 +0000 https://yegorov.github.io/notes/get-database-size/ <p>When you are working on a fast-growing project, sooner or later you will have to watch the size of your main database increase. This information will be especially useful when you restore the backup to your staging server. Also, periodically getting the size can help identify an anomaly in the database at an early stage. You will agree, but it will look strange if the size was 2.5 GB for a few hours, and now it is 1 GB and you did not do any manipulations in this database. To find out the size of the database, you just need to run one SQL query:</p>