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What are the pros and cons of splitting one table out of a database due to it's size
We are redesigning an MS SQL database. It's total size is approx 3.5GB and is not likely to grow much bigger than this.
One of the tables, the "Copy" table, contains a column with the datatype of "text" and this table is approx 1.5GB.
The database may be replicated between two servers.
The MS SQL version we will be launching with is 2012.
We are trying to determine whether we should split this one table out into a separate database or to leave it within the single database.
We're using hosted virtual servers with significant processing power.
Would it be recommended to split this Copy table out into a separate database for performance reasons or is that overkill for a database of this size?
One of the tables, the "Copy" table, contains a column with the datatype of "text" and this table is approx 1.5GB.
The database may be replicated between two servers.
The MS SQL version we will be launching with is 2012.
We are trying to determine whether we should split this one table out into a separate database or to leave it within the single database.
We're using hosted virtual servers with significant processing power.
Would it be recommended to split this Copy table out into a separate database for performance reasons or is that overkill for a database of this size?
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