Tips for using SQL Server 2014 file and filegroups Set the reasonable sizes for the database and transaction log. First of all, before database creation, you should estimate how large your database will be. To estimate the reasonable database size, you should estimate the size of each table individually, add some additional space (10-20%) and then add the values obtained....
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