Designing Partitioned Tables and Indexes

The topics in this section provide the information to help you design effective partitioned tables and indexes.

In This Section

Topic	Description
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.