Multiple Filegroups

When dealing with a vldb, multiple filegroups are obviously a necessity from
an admin point of view.. ..but from a performance p.o.v. is there any point
at which you can have too many filegroups? - Will a high number of filegroups
on a single array actually degrade performance?
I'm using sql 2005, and I'm looking at partitioning a table, the obvious
column to partition on would mean the table would end up on 100+ filegroups..
...this would mean we would have 30+ filegroups per array and I'm worried this
would cause us more problems than benefits..
TIA BenUK
Depands on what kind of RAID structure you use/Have.
SQL2005 is Scalable enough to give you the freedom of partitioning.
you can place diff accessed table on diff Raid(if available) Static
Tables ca be on RAID 5 and/or non clustered indexes can be on a RAID5
is they re static , i they are highly updated use RAID1.
Distribution of Filegroups according to their access patterns and
appropriately using RAID's, shoule be the main concern.
Maninder
MCDBA