Placing a table on multiple files

I have very two big tables and I want to put them on
multiple files within a file group. I know that a
filegroup can have multiple files,but I am not sure how
exactly the table spans across the files.
Is there any way that I can put the table on multiple
files?
Please provide me some examples.
Thanks for help.
RajIf you have multiple files in a filegroup, and create the table on that =filegroup then the table will automatically be allocated space across =the two files. This space will be taken as the table grows, space is =taken in the same ratio as the currently available free space within the =file.
What would be interesting is:
What do you mean by big?
What are you looking to achieve?
Are the two(or more) files all physically on different drives or merely =separate files on the same array.
The benefits you may see (or not see) are all affected by the above.
Mike John
"Raj" <vmresumes@.yahoo.com> wrote in message =news:909a01c345b3$0b4f6140$a401280a@.phx.gbl...
> I have very two big tables and I want to put them on > multiple files within a file group. I know that a > filegroup can have multiple files,but I am not sure how > exactly the table spans across the files.
> > Is there any way that I can put the table on multiple > files?
> > Please provide me some examples.
> > Thanks for help.
> > Raj|||Thanks for the response.
We have 2 fact tables each 10 GB. To gain the performance and aslo easy
management of files, I wanted to put on different physical disks.
Raj.
"Mike John" <Mike.John@.knowledgepool.com> wrote in message
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If you have multiple files in a filegroup, and create the table on that
filegroup then the table will automatically be allocated space across the
two files. This space will be taken as the table grows, space is taken in
the same ratio as the currently available free space within the file.
What would be interesting is:
What do you mean by big?
What are you looking to achieve?
Are the two(or more) files all physically on different drives or merely
separate files on the same array.
The benefits you may see (or not see) are all affected by the above.
Mike John
"Raj" <vmresumes@.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I have very two big tables and I want to put them on
> multiple files within a file group. I know that a
> filegroup can have multiple files,but I am not sure how
> exactly the table spans across the files.
> Is there any way that I can put the table on multiple
> files?
> Please provide me some examples.
> Thanks for help.
> Raj|||Sounds very sensible then - sorry for the questions but you often get =people worrying about a huge (2Gb) table and then creating multiple =filegroups on the same raid 5 array, which all gets a bit pointless!
Mike
"Vish" <mocherla_v@.hotmail.com> wrote in message =news:eHjqdPeRDHA.2480@.tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Thanks for the response.
> > We have 2 fact tables each 10 GB. To gain the performance and aslo =easy
> management of files, I wanted to put on different physical disks.
> > Raj.
> > "Mike John" <Mike.John@.knowledgepool.com> wrote in message
> news:OuDOvSdRDHA.2144@.TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> If you have multiple files in a filegroup, and create the table on =that
> filegroup then the table will automatically be allocated space across =the
> two files. This space will be taken as the table grows, space is taken =in
> the same ratio as the currently available free space within the file.
> > What would be interesting is:
> > What do you mean by big?
> What are you looking to achieve?
> Are the two(or more) files all physically on different drives or =merely
> separate files on the same array.
> > The benefits you may see (or not see) are all affected by the above.
> > Mike John
> > "Raj" <vmresumes@.yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:909a01c345b3$0b4f6140$a401280a@.phx.gbl...
> > I have very two big tables and I want to put them on
> > multiple files within a file group. I know that a
> > filegroup can have multiple files,but I am not sure how
> > exactly the table spans across the files.
> >
> > Is there any way that I can put the table on multiple
> > files?
> >
> > Please provide me some examples.
> >
> > Thanks for help.
> >
> > Raj
> > >=20