http://sqlfascination.com/2009/10/15/guidance-on-how-to-layout-a-partitioned-table-across-filegroups/ Weirdness and oddities within SQL Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:01:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://sqlfascination.com/2009/10/15/guidance-on-how-to-layout-a-partitioned-table-across-filegroups/#comment-68 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 07:12:03 +0000 http://sqlfascination.com/?p=148#comment-68 It will depend on the variance and size of the data rows, depending on that variance I would take the disk space penalty, or opt for all partitions into a single filegroup and spread the filegroup’s files across all the disks. That technique has disavantages when it comes to the backup strategy, and will not perform as well since the filegroup will fragment over time.

]]> http://sqlfascination.com/2009/10/15/guidance-on-how-to-layout-a-partitioned-table-across-filegroups/#comment-66 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 05:11:38 +0000 http://sqlfascination.com/?p=148#comment-66 Hi,
What is the best strategy of partitioning if the quantity of data in each partition might vary considerably?

]]> http://sqlfascination.com/2009/10/15/guidance-on-how-to-layout-a-partitioned-table-across-filegroups/#comment-50 Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:29:16 +0000 http://sqlfascination.com/?p=148#comment-50 Creating the initial partition script is not a problem, what you are probably having trouble with the the rolling of the partition window as a new month appears and an old month is to go. I have written a guide covering the harder parts of that process in two parts (part 1, part 2 )

]]> http://sqlfascination.com/2009/10/15/guidance-on-how-to-layout-a-partitioned-table-across-filegroups/#comment-49 Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:16:05 +0000 http://sqlfascination.com/?p=148#comment-49 Hi
do you have the sample script to do this partition in months?

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