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Recreate Indexes on 1 billion record table

I have a table with over 1 billion records and it has 6 indexes (including Clustered index (ID)). I need to partition this table on a new Clustered index with date column. I have just enough space ...
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How do I know if my database partitioning is done well?

I have a sneaking suspicion that the guy who wrote the partitioning functions at my place of work did a fairly poor job. For certain queries (maybe 20% of them) we see incredible performance boosts ...
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Unique Non Clustered Column in Partitioned table

We have partitioned one of our SQL Server tables on a Clustered Index datetime column, we have a Primary key Non-clustered index column with Identity data type and this column is setup as a ...
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Large Fact table and partitioning key dilemma

I have fairly large fact table (2 billion records, approx 120 GB). This table is not partitioned and the queries are very slow to respond. I am planning to partition the table and indexes. The table ...
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Get a record's current partition

In SQL Server 2008 R2, how would I determine what partition a record currently lives in?
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Pros/Cons of Using Table/Index Partitioning in SQL Server

We have a number of tables that were partitioned primarily to reduce problems when purging data (via sliding-window partitioning / truncate). I have found a number of caveats that come with ...
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Partition Function vs. Clustered Index

We have a table that is clustered on identity/datetime2. It is partitioned on the same datetime2. Are there any reasons to cluster on datetime2/identity instead? I understand the reasoning behind ...
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Where does it make sense to store Indexes for partitioned tables?

Prior to table partitioning, all the indexes were stored on a separate drive, per this question. Now that I partitioned a couple of tables, SSMS is offering to store indexes in the partition scheme. ...
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Why am I getting Table scan on a partitioned table query?

I have table Inventory_Break partitioned on IR_ID (int). I also created a non-clustered index for IR_ID on the table. When I run the following: SELECT * FROM dbo.INVENTORY_BREAK WHERE IR_ID ...
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Does the partition key also have to be part of the primary key?

I am partitioning a table based on a column that is not a primary key? I've read some conflicting information today on whether the partition column must be a part of the primary key. My gut says no, ...
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How many files should I create for one filegroup and 9 weekly partitions?

I have 9 weekly partitions on one filegroup. How many files do I need to create? There are 3 tables containing 46 million, 16 million and 10 million rows.
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SQL Server Partitioning - Parent / Child tables

I'm currently investigating implementing partitioning for a fairly hefty (800GB and growing) SQL Server database. All of the data in the tables is relatable to a date/time, however this date/time is ...
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Best practices for creating partition schemes and functions

I'm implementing partitioning for the first time in SQL Server 2008 R2. I've several large tables that I am partitioning. My main question is: Should I use the same Partition Scheme and Function for ...
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Reindexing Partitioned Table Indexes

Historic Reporting Server running SQL 2008 R2. I'm trying to tweak the fill factor. I have a job that records the fragmentation when the jobs runs in the early hours. For every table that had high ...
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SQL Server 2008 - Partitioning and Clustered Indexes

So let me preface by saying I do not have total control over my db design, so a lot of the aspects of the current system cannot be changed for the purposes of this scenario. Comments about how we ...