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alisoroush7
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Helper I

issue with the size of ReportServer database

hi guys.

i have a power bi report server. when i go to the sql server directory and data folder i see that te ReportServer data is 44GB however when i run a query in SSMS to see the table size it shows me at most 50 MG! i am wondering that what is the problem?!

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d_gosbell
Super User
Super User

I don't think you are reading the table correctly. Your first row shows 26,124 under UsedSpaceMB which is 26GB

lbendlin
Super User
Super User

Do you have an actual issue or are you only curious?  Eventually SQL Server will re-use that whitespace.

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