Fred Williams-487170 (4/13/2011)

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Thanks for the article but can you supply some performance measurements to quantify the benefits of making those changes?

Otherwise statements like this:

" Just think of the resource hit (over time) the database took each time it grew, and think of all the physical file fragmentation this has contributed to, further hurting performance."

are just too subjective to really be helpful..
Thanks

JJ B (4/13/2011)

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I like having practical, real-life examples and advice. Much appreciated. Thank you.

Peter Trast (5/11/2011)

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I have never seen or heard of a best practice for separating system and user objects, although your explanation sounds good on the first read. Is this your own best practice or has Microsoft ever held this point of view? Or have they ever dismissed it? I tend to stay close to best practices until given a reason to do otherwise.

Thanks for another great article! On to the next!