Archiving a database

We have the problem of a database growing larger every day which is causing it to slow down. We want to keep old data though. Would a possible solution be to rename the database something like DatabaseName2013 and create a new database with the
old DatabaseName? The archive database would only be used for reports. Just wondering if this idea would be easier to implement than Transactional Replication or Partitioning the table by year.
Thanks,
Fred
Fred Schmid

Hello,
I have seen some applications that have a second database just for archiving and periodically they send old records to the archive database
and then purge them from the main transactional database. However, for some reports you will find you need data from 1 of the databases, and for other reports you need data from both databases.
My first suggestion is to try partitioning (if you have Enterprise Edition).
Another suggestion is to create a Data Warehouse and an Operational Data Store and send old data and new data (daily) to those entities
for reporting purposes. Keep one or two years of data only on the transactional database.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Alberto Morillo
SQLCoffee.com

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