• Are those tables heaps or clusters?

    What's logical fragmentation? forwarding pointers? avg page space used? at the point that you need to do a 'rebuild'?

    What version of SQL are you using? What edition?

    p.s. How experienced are your DBAs?

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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