### 8.4.5 Limits on Number of Databases and Tables

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 MySQL has no limit on the number of databases. The underlying file system may have a limit on the number of directories.

 MySQL has no limit on the number of tables. The underlying file system may have a limit on the number of files that represent tables. Individual storage engines may impose engine-specific constraints. `InnoDB` permits up to 4 billion tables.

