Partition indexes for improved SQL Server 2005 performance

August 4, 2006

Index partitioning is one of a number of new features introduced in SQL Server 2005 as a way to distribute the load for a given index across multiple files, which can enhance parallelism or improve index performance in other ways.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• SQL Server 2000 partitioned views vs. SQL Server 2005 index partitioning
• Create an index with partitioned data
• Understand partition function and partition scheme
• Account for tempdb space

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