Partitioning the database from the most recent to the last partitioned

Question

Hi everyone
We have a huge database which is partitioned based on datetime column and for each month. The last partition that we have on it was for 12/1/2013. And since then we have accumulated data with millions of rows already till 3/1/2015.
We want to continue to add partitions for the next two years to it now.
Since splitting the last partition from 12/1/2013 to 1/1/2014 is pretty painful and then to split 1/1/2014 to 2/1/2014, We were thinking if there is a way to split from the back. Like add a partition for 2/1/2015 so that data for Feb only
goes there and the 1/1/2015 and then making our way back to 1/1/2014.
So far I have a script for going from 12/1/2013 to 1/1/2014 and the 1/1/2014 to 2/1/2014. Something like this
ALTER
PARTITION SCHEME MonthlyPartitionScheme
NEXT
USED [PRIMARY]
GO
ALTER
PARTITION
FUNCTION PartitionByMonth()
SPLIT
RANGE
('1/1/2014')
Go
ALTER
PARTITION SCHEME MonthlyPartitionScheme
NEXT
USED [PRIMARY]
GO
ALTER
PARTITION
FUNCTION PartitionByMonth()
SPLIT
RANGE
('2/1/2014')
Go
How can I change to make it work backwards from 2/1/2015 to 1/1/2015 and then 1/1/2015 to 12/1/2014 and so on. I am looking at more resources online, any help with this would be appreciated.
Thanks much
-Sarah

Answer 1

yes, i also think merge partition maybe can help you solve problem, you want to move some data to a new partition, so i also suggest you to use this one way, because splitting partition is time-consuming. Once i read one article, which can do this task,
more information click here:
how to merge partitions. It seems some partition software can do this, some reviews like:  http://dottech.org/95676/windows-best-free-partition-and-disk-manager-review  among them, i used aomei partition assistant, its server version is supported
in server OS, maybe it is useful for you.You also can use another partition manager, merge partitions instead of splitting partition.