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mike123
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Posted - 2006-12-18 : 05:02:31
Hi,

I'm working on an application that is going to have one pretty giant table with consistent growth. The table will have 7-8 columns totalling only 60-100 bytes each row. It's a logging table and I have to design for eventually handling 50 million rows and could go alot higher.

I am considering starting it on a SQL2000 box at the beginning as we already have one, however I am also considering a new SQL2005 box for it as well.

My question is, does SQL2005 have any new features that would help with working with tables this large? I have read something about it supporting some forms of table partitioning but this is all new to me.
I have zero experience with table partitioning.

Any general tips to help me in the design of this table are greatly appreciated.

Thanks very much
mike123

harsh_athalye
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5581 Posts

Posted - 2006-12-18 : 05:34:02
Here is an Excellent white paper written by Kimberly Tripp on the topic:

[url]http://www.sqlskills.com/resources/Whitepapers/Partitioning%20in%20SQL%20Server%202005%20Beta%20II.htm[/url]

Harsh Athalye
India.
"The IMPOSSIBLE is often UNTRIED"
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mike123
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1462 Posts

Posted - 2006-12-19 : 03:57:14
definatley lots to digest there :) thanks for the link!

looks like sql2005 is the way to go for sure once I have the need for table partitioning:)

thx!
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