Vertical and horizontal partitioning are physical database design techniques that can considerably improve query response time in distributed database system. Although most current database management ...

Part of the SQL Server 2022 blog series. We are excited to share that there are several Accelerated Database Recovery (ADR) enhancements in SQL Server 2022 that further improve the overall ...

Abstract: Vertical and horizontal partitioning are physical database design techniques that can considerably improve query response time in distributed database system. Although most current database ...

Procedure to move Microsoft SQL Server database to a new location, painlessly, if you’re running low on disk space, added a new drive array, or just curious.

Vertically-partitioned databases use different sets of tables on different databases. That means that the schema is different on different databases. For instance, all tables for inventory are on one ...

In addition to indexes and materialized views, horizontal and vertical partitioning are important aspects of physical design in a relational database system that significantly impact performance.

Elastic database query (preview) for Azure SQL Database allows you to run T-SQL queries that span multiple databases using a single connection point. This topic applies to [vertically partitioned ...

Data Partitioning is a very useful feature in SQL Server 2005 and beyond. I have discussed this database feature in previous blog entries but it is also available in SQL Server Analysis Services ...