• Welcome to 'it depends' 🙂

    If you want to do fast loads and fast deletes (switch partitions in/out), then partition. If you want to do index maintenance at the partition level, then partition. If not, then probably no need to partition

    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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