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Re: partiioning option not worth it?

From: damorgan <dan.morgan_at_ci.seattle.wa.us>
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 21:40:59 GMT
Message-ID: <3C75697F.9DA1E7B9@ci.seattle.wa.us>


With 30+ years in the industry I take strong exception to your responses below. Real world experience dictates otherwise unless your IT/IS department ... is just you.

Daniel Morgan

Keith Boulton wrote:

> Stefan <sroesch3_at_attbi.com> wrote in message
> news:mP3d8.6609$Iw.14214_at_rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net...
>
> > In DW environments it is mandatory.
>
> That's what the salesman wants you to think!
>
> > How will you implement the sliding window technique without support from
> the
> > database.
> There is (effectively) no difference in this regard between partitioning and
> building N tables.
>
> > How will you implement automatic partition pruning?
> It's not automatic, but I can do it "manually" for less than £40,000 and
> that's the saving on only one server.
>
> > How will you implement parallel DML? and so on....
> Again, I don't see this a particularly difficult process.
>
> > To conclude that. In DW environments it makes sense to spend that money
> It MAY make sense - but as I've said before, the cost/benefit calculation is
> rarely done.
>
> > you also get further features with the enterprise edition which are needed
> > in these environments.
> and these would be?
Received on Thu Feb 21 2002 - 15:40:59 CST

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