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masterdineen
Aged Yak Warrior
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 Posted - 2008-08-05 : 18:29:13
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| Is horizontal Vertical and raw partitioning covered in the MCTS examor is this a bit to in depth for it. I have read the Microsoft Implementation and Maintenance book and have not come across this type of partitioningRegardsRob |
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masterdineen
Aged Yak Warrior
550 Posts |
Posted - 2008-08-05 : 19:07:23
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tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess
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Posted - 2008-08-05 : 19:15:44
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| It is definitely used in production, most typically on large databases. An example of a system that uses horizontal partitioning is myspace.com.Tara KizerMicrosoft MVP for Windows Server System - SQL Serverhttp://weblogs.sqlteam.com/tarad/Subscribe to my blog |
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sodeep
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
7174 Posts |
Posted - 2008-08-05 : 20:52:07
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jezemine
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
2886 Posts |
Posted - 2008-08-05 : 23:46:28
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this blog a good source of information on scalability. they have articles on things like the google, myspace, youtube, amazon architecture, with the sources posted so you can dig deeper if you want.http://highscalability.com
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horizontal partitioning