Planning Guidelines for Partitioned Tables and Indexes

Explains the role that partition functions and partition schemes play in implementing partitioning, and includes examples.

Designing Partitions to Manage Subsets of Data

Explains how to use partitioning to move subsets of data between tables in the database, and includes examples.

Designing Partitions to Improve Query Performance

Explains how to use partitioning to improve query performance, and includes examples.

Special Guidelines for Partitioned Indexes

Provides guidelines on when to partition an index.