Database File Size Even Distribution

  •  "Multiple datafiles should help with latch contention"

    Could you please enlighten me onthis point ...

    RegardsRudy KomacsarSenior Database Administrator"Ave Caesar! - Morituri te salutamus."

  • Multiple data files would only help with latch contention if they were spread across multiple physical disks thereby improving overall IO performance.

    There is a fix in SP4 for latch contention on tables with large binary data, but that is a specific problem that isn't necessarily helped by the number of data files.  If your tables do contain text, or image data types I'd recommend installing SP4.

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