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Remus Rusanu
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Upgrade to SQL Server 2012 and use columnstores. They thrive in these requirements. Seriously, download the evaluation editionevaluation edition and give it a try. Drop all indexes, drop the clustered index, simply add a non-clustered columnstore index on all columns and give it a whirl. I've seen cases just like your that reduced the execution time to 2-3 seconds, mostly because of segment elimination kicking in. Some supplemental reads:

Upgrade to SQL Server 2012 and use columnstores. They thrive in these requirements. Seriously, download the evaluation edition and give it a try. Drop all indexes, drop the clustered index, simply add a non-clustered columnstore index on all columns and give it a whirl. Some supplemental reads:

Upgrade to SQL Server 2012 and use columnstores. They thrive in these requirements. Seriously, download the evaluation edition and give it a try. Drop all indexes, drop the clustered index, simply add a non-clustered columnstore index on all columns and give it a whirl. I've seen cases just like your that reduced the execution time to 2-3 seconds, mostly because of segment elimination kicking in. Some supplemental reads:

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Remus Rusanu
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  • 172

Upgrade to SQL Server 2012 and use columnstores. They thrive in these requirements. Seriously, download the evaluation edition and give it a try. Drop all indexes, drop the clustered index, simply add a non-clustered columnstore index on all columns and give it a whirl. Some supplemental reads: