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It wasn't "25" files, but ".25" (point 25) files per core.

Here's one of the places I found the recommendation, look...

Steve Jones - Editor (11/19/2009)

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SQL Server will not spread out to these files automatically, though if they're in the same filegroup, SQL Server will use the space in a proportional...

The recommendation I saw for TempDB was 1 file per core.

Did I misread?

Thanks,

Jason...

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