What is the maximum size of a MySQL database in version 5 and above?

Question

What is the maximum size of a MySQL database in version 5 and above?

I do not mean the maximum size of a row or table, but the maximum size of the entire database.

Answer 1

Two billion (2'000'000'000) tables and a maximum of 64 TB for InnoDB. MyISAM tables are files, so this is a limitation for the OS file.

Answer 2

It depends on your operating system. That is, in Windows it depends on the maximum size of the folder.

This documentation entry is very useful regarding this.

Answer 3

MySQL , MySQL.

Answer 4

Operating System File-size Limit
Win32 w / FAT / FAT32 2GB / 4GB
Win32 w / NTFS 2TB (possibly larger)
Linux 2.2-Intel 32-bit 2GB (LFS: 4GB)
Linux 2.4+ (using ext3 file system) 4TB
Solaris 9/10 16TB
MacOS X w / HFS + 2TB