Hey guys,
At my organization, we have just built a new SQL Server machine to which we would like to migrate existing databases from other servers. For one of the databases, we'd like the MDF and LDF to have a new initial file size once it is moved. What is the best way to accomplish this? Is there a way to increase the file sizes during restoration from a backup? Or will we have to restore and than alter the file size through T-SQL (or SSMS)?
The reason we are asking, is because we want to ensure that the MDF and LDF files on the new server are contiguous in the file system, and we are worried that increasing the file size after restoration will lead to having non-contiguous files in the file system.
If there is more detail I can provide, just let me know.
Thanks,