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- noun Plural form of
filegroup .
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Examples in many sources, including BOL, label filegroups with no particular meaning (e.g.,
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Examples in many sources, including BOL, label filegroups with no particular meaning (e.g.,
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Examples in many sources, including BOL, label filegroups with no particular meaning (e.g.,
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Indexes, data, should be on separate filegroups and filegroups should be spread on physical disks.
Scaling SQL Server 2005 & National TV (USA, Canada) « The Paradigm Shift 2006
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Second, don't do this with a large database - the possibility of multiple files in the filegroups on a complex database is high, and you might not get them all.
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Second, don't do this with a large database - the possibility of multiple files in the filegroups on a complex database is high, and you might not get them all.
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But all filegroups are present in a single SAN disk.
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As you mentioned, it does have it's limitations so the choice of storage isn't straightforward. e.g. Database Mirroring isn't supported and database snapshots don't work with FILESTREAM filegroups.
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Handy script to get the filegroups and other information for partitioned tables
MSMVPS.COM Simons SQL Blog 2010
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This little script gives you the filegroups for each partition in a partitioned table.
MSMVPS.COM Simons SQL Blog 2010
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