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How To Estimate Fragmented Space Amount In Pages Per InnoDB Table Statistically (Doc ID 2755978.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 12, 2023

Applies to:

MySQL Server - Version 5.5 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Goal

Fragmentation is not likely to be a problem on InnoDB. However, DBAs may want to observe if the table is actually fragmented or not. InnoDB doesn't have a direct way to estimate fragmented space amount.

This document describes how to estimate amount of fragmented space using the information schema.

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