How to Get True Size of MySQL Database?

Question

I would like to know how much space does my MySQL database use, in order to select a web host. I found the command SHOW TABLE STATUS LIKE 'table_name' so when I do the query, I get something like this:

Name       | Rows | Avg. Row Length | Data_Length | Index Length
----------   ----   ---------------   -----------   ------------
table_name   400          55            362000        66560

• numbers are rounded.

So do I have 362000 or 400*362000 = 144800000 bytes of data for this table? And what does Index Length mean? Thanks !

Answer 1

From S. Prakash, found at the MySQL forum:

SELECT table_schema "database name",
    sum( data_length + index_length ) / 1024 / 1024 "database size in MB",
    sum( data_free )/ 1024 / 1024 "free space in MB"
FROM information_schema.TABLES
GROUP BY table_schema; 

Or in a single line for easier copy-pasting:

SELECT table_schema "database name", sum( data_length + index_length ) / 1024 / 1024 "database size in MB", sum( data_free )/ 1024 / 1024 "free space in MB" FROM information_schema.TABLES GROUP BY table_schema;