Filegroups VS Partitioning

  • Hello guys, I have been ask to make decisions if I am suppose to have partition or filegroup in our newly created brand spanking new server. I have loaded the OS and also SQL Server 2005 in it. Now before moving everything from 2000 to 2005, I was asked which practice would be better.

    1. What would be the best and why?

    2. I am thinking of using Detach and then Attach the database from 2000 to 2005. Is this okay?

    Help out Gurus!

    FYI: It is a VLDB Datawarehouse environment

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  • Partitioning and configuring File Groups are very different. If you have a very large data database environment, you are likely to want to configure both. I would recommend you first read the books online sections on both subjects and you should probably get a book to help you get up to speed on the subjects.

    As far as the detach / attach, that will work fine. You will need to update statistics when done and I would recommend reindexing entirely if you can.

  • Thought of the same thing too. Thanks a bunch! But one thing though, will there be any other problem when doing the detach/attach process (I am definately backing up the db first)? Should I worry about anything at all?

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  • Also, any specific advise on configuring both filegroupd and partition? I read many articles but often get confused about what are the steps to watch out for??

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  • Thanks a bunch! That did help a lot in fact. Good Whitepaper.....

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