Re: Partition Question

It depends on your reason for partitioning -- if you mean to drop a partition in the future (to roll off the 1999 data or whatever) then the ID range is potentially a valid approach, as long as ID is serial. If you just want to put chunks on different disk volumes, you could use the type or even a hash partitioning scheme. It's down to what you're trying to accomplish, and what is good for one partition key is probably bad or neutral for the other.

Hamid Alavi wrote:

> Hi List,
>
> I have a question regarding partitioning: If I want to partition a table
> which strategy is better, like do i have to use a value which from first day
> of using this table all those partion is using or just using first partion,
> then second etc.
> E.G:
> If I do partion tableA based on ID range 10000000, so for few month the only
> first partion of this table will be used then second partion, but if I
> partion it on Type (1,2,3,4,5) any record can be any of these type and from
> first day all of the partions will be used.
> Just want to check with you guys which way is better for performance?
> THanks for HELP>
>
> Hamid Alavi
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