Creating data files for the BIS workspace in SQL Server (Bathymetry Solution)

Standard GIS storage recommendations favor keeping index and log files separate from vector and tabular business tables. For performance reasons, it is better to position the business, feature, and spatial index tables separately and position FileGroup data files based on their usage pattern. For a multiversioned, highly active editing geodatabase, database files of the VERSIONS FileGroup may be separated and dispersed across available disks to avoid input/output contention.

The following table has the recommended FileGroups to be created for storing the BIS features and table.

FILEGROUP	ArcSDE_PARAMETER
BIS_BDATA	Business table
BIS_BINDEX	Business table index
BIS_FDATA	Feature table
BIS_FINDEX	Feature table index
BIS_SDATA	Spatial Index table
BIS_SINDEX	Spatial Index table index
BIS_ADATA	Adds table (versioned)
BIS_AINDEX	Adds table index
BIS_DDATA	Deletes table (versioned)
BIS_DINDEX	Deletes table index
BIS_XMLDOC	XML table
BIS_XMLDOCINDEX	XML table index
BIS_RASTER	Raster table
BIS_RASTER_INDEX	Raster table index

FileGroups

The following script can be used to add FileGroups through SQL Server Management Studio.

USE MASTER
GO
ALTER DATABASE [BISDB] ADD FILEGROUP [BIS_BDATA] 
GO
ALTER DATABASE [BISDB] ADD FILE(NAME = N'bis_Bdata01', FILENAME = N'C:\mssql\data\bisdb\bis_Bdata01.NDF' , SIZE = 1, MAXSIZE = 800, FILEGROWTH = 1) TO FILEGROUP [BIS_BDATA]
GO
ALTER DATABASE [BISDB] ADD FILEGROUP [BIS_BINDEX]
GO
ALTER DATABASE [BISDB] ADD FILE(NAME = N'bis_Bindex01', FILENAME = N'C:\mssql\data\bisdb\bis_Bindex01.NDF' , SIZE = 1, MAXSIZE = 800, FILEGROWTH = 1) TO FILEGROUP [BIS_BINDEX]
GO
ALTER DATABASE [BISDB] ADD FILEGROUP [BIS_FDATA] 
GO
ALTER DATABASE [BISDB] ADD FILE(NAME = N'bis_Fdata01', FILENAME = N'C:\mssql\data\bisdb\bis_Fdata01.NDF' , SIZE = 1, MAXSIZE = 800, FILEGROWTH = 1) TO FILEGROUP [BIS_FDATA]
GO
ALTER DATABASE [BISDB] ADD FILEGROUP [BIS_FINDEX] 
GO
ALTER DATABASE [BISDB] ADD FILE(NAME = N'bis_Findex01', FILENAME = N'C:\mssql\data\bisdb\bis_Findex01.NDF' , SIZE = 1, MAXSIZE = 800, FILEGROWTH = 1) TO FILEGROUP [BIS_FINDEX]
GO
ALTER DATABASE [BISDB] ADD FILEGROUP [BIS_SDATA] 
GO
ALTER DATABASE [BISDB] ADD FILE(NAME = N'bis_Sdata01', FILENAME = N'C:\mssql\data\bisdb\bis_Sdata01.NDF' , SIZE = 1, MAXSIZE = 800, FILEGROWTH = 1) TO FILEGROUP [BIS_SDATA]
GO
ALTER DATABASE [BISDB] ADD FILEGROUP [BIS_SINDEX] 
GO
ALTER DATABASE [BISDB] ADD FILE(NAME = N'bis_Sindex01', FILENAME = N'C:\mssql\data\bisdb\bis_Sindex01.NDF' , SIZE = 1, MAXSIZE = 800, FILEGROWTH = 1) TO FILEGROUP [BIS_SINDEX]
GO
ALTER DATABASE [BISDB] ADD FILEGROUP [BIS_ADATA] 
GO
ALTER DATABASE [BISDB] ADD FILE(NAME = N'bis_Adata01', FILENAME = N'C:\mssql\data\bisdb\bis_Adata01.NDF' , SIZE = 1, MAXSIZE = 800, FILEGROWTH = 1) TO FILEGROUP [BIS_ADATA]
GO
ALTER DATABASE [BISDB] ADD FILEGROUP [BIS_AINDEX] 
GO
ALTER DATABASE [BISDB] ADD FILE(NAME = N'bis_Aindex01', FILENAME = N'C:\mssql\data\bisdb\bis_Aindex01.NDF' , SIZE = 1, MAXSIZE = 800, FILEGROWTH = 1) TO FILEGROUP [BIS_AINDEX]
GO
ALTER DATABASE [BISDB] ADD FILEGROUP [BIS_DDATA] 
GO
ALTER DATABASE [BISDB] ADD FILE(NAME = N'bis_Ddata01', FILENAME = N'C:\mssql\data\bisdb\bis_Ddata01.NDF' , SIZE = 1, MAXSIZE = 800, FILEGROWTH = 1) TO FILEGROUP [BIS_DDATA]
GO
ALTER DATABASE [BISDB] ADD FILEGROUP [BIS_DINDEX] 
GO
ALTER DATABASE [BISDB] ADD FILE(NAME = N'bis_Dindex01', FILENAME = N'C:\mssql\data\bisdb\bis_Dindex01.NDF' , SIZE = 1, MAXSIZE = 800, FILEGROWTH = 1) TO FILEGROUP [BIS_DINDEX]
GO
ALTER DATABASE [BISDB] ADD FILEGROUP [BIS_XMLDOC] 
GO
ALTER DATABASE [BISDB] ADD FILE(NAME = N'bis_Xmldoc01', FILENAME = N'C:\mssql\data\bisdb\bis_Xmldoc01.NDF' , SIZE = 1, MAXSIZE = 800, FILEGROWTH = 1) TO FILEGROUP [BIS_XMLDOC]
GO
ALTER DATABASE [BISDB] ADD FILEGROUP [BIS_XMLDOCINDEX] 
GO
ALTER DATABASE [BISDB] ADD FILE(NAME = N'bis_Xmldocindex01', FILENAME = N'C:\mssql\data\bisdb\bis_Xmldocindex01.NDF' , SIZE = 1, MAXSIZE = 800, FILEGROWTH = 1) TO FILEGROUP [BIS_XMLDOCINDEX]
GO
ALTER DATABASE [BISDB] ADD FILEGROUP [BIS_RASTER] 
GO
ALTER DATABASE [BISDB] ADD FILE(NAME = N'bis_Raster01', FILENAME = N'D:\mssql\data\bisdb\bis_Raster01.NDF' , SIZE = 1, MAXSIZE = 800, FILEGROWTH = 1) TO FILEGROUP [BIS_RASTER]
GO
ALTER DATABASE [BISDB] ADD FILEGROUP [BIS_RASTER_INDEX] 
GO
ALTER DATABASE [BISDB] ADD FILE(NAME = N'bis_Raster_Index01', FILENAME = N'D:\mssql\data\bisdb\bis_Raster_Index01.NDF' , SIZE = 1, MAXSIZE = 800, FILEGROWTH = 1) TO FILEGROUP [BIS_RASTER_INDEX]
GO

By setting the data files initial size to 1 MB, there is no delay in the creation of the FileGroups. You can then resize the data files to avoid fragmentation.

ALTER DATABASE [BISDB] MODIFY FILE ( NAME = N’bis_Bdata01’, SIZE = 400MB )
ALTER DATABASE [BISDB] MODIFY FILE ( NAME = N’bis_Bindex01’, SIZE = 400MB )
ALTER DATABASE [BISDB] MODIFY FILE ( NAME = N’bis_Fdata01’, SIZE = 400MB )
ALTER DATABASE [BISDB] MODIFY FILE ( NAME = N’bis_Findex01’, SIZE = 400MB )
ALTER DATABASE [BISDB] MODIFY FILE ( NAME = N’bis_Sdata01’, SIZE = 400MB )
ALTER DATABASE [BISDB] MODIFY FILE ( NAME = N’bis_Sindex01’, SIZE = 400MB )
ALTER DATABASE [BISDB] MODIFY FILE ( NAME = N’bis_Adata01’, SIZE = 400MB )
ALTER DATABASE [BISDB] MODIFY FILE ( NAME = N’bis_Aindex01’, SIZE = 400MB )
ALTER DATABASE [BISDB] MODIFY FILE ( NAME = N’bis_Ddata01’, SIZE = 400MB )
ALTER DATABASE [BISDB] MODIFY FILE ( NAME = N’bis_Dindex01’, SIZE = 400MB )
ALTER DATABASE [BISDB] MODIFY FILE ( NAME = N’bis_Xmldoc01’, SIZE = 400MB )
ALTER DATABASE [BISDB] MODIFY FILE ( NAME = N’bis_Xmldocindex01’, SIZE = 400MB )
ALTER DATABASE [BISDB] MODIFY FILE ( NAME = N’bis_Raster01’, SIZE = 400MB )
ALTER DATABASE [BISDB] MODIFY FILE ( NAME = N’bis_Raster_index01’, SIZE = 400MB )

Use the following to verify FileGroups and data files:

EXEC sp_helpdb bisdb