|  | Posted by Piero 'Giops' Giorgi on 06/05/07 21:10 
> Do I understand it correctly that you already have 50 partitions, and> now you want even more? About what size do you expect per partition?
 >
 > I'm not sure that partitioning by state is the best strategy. The partition
 > for California will be a lot bigger than the ones for Alaska and Rhode
 > Island.
 
 I know that, but partitioning by county makes the DB a lot easier to
 maintain.
 I have to work that way because I'm dealing with criminal records, and
 they are separated by county with a ton of different files, so for
 many of them I have to clear the table and reload the whole county
 every time I get an update. Easier on partitions... :-)
 
 Table size can be anywhere from 8000 to 3 million records, depending
 on the county.
 
 The best way to do that would be having a table partitioned over 3077
 filegroups, so storing the data will go by COUNTY in this way:
 
 CA_ALAMEDA
 CA_ALPINE
 CA_AMADOR
 CA_BUTTE
 CA_CALAVERAS
 CA_COLUSA
 CA_CONTRA_COSTA
 CA_DEL_NORTE
 CA_EL_DORADO
 CA_FRESNO
 CA_GLENN
 CA_HUMBOLDT
 CA_IMPERIAL
 CA_INYO
 
 With the COUNTY as the partition Parameter.
 
 But, before trying, can I have 3077 files in ONE partition, and drop
 all the states stuff?
 
 Thanks!
 
 Piero
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