I have a partition that has... exceeded it's time line. The last file was created in May of 2015. I have a lot of data sitting in that final file.I understand I have a few options. I can just act like that final file is the old world and start anew, I can try and move all that data around and flatten it back out, or I can sit here and weep silently.I'm new to partitions. I didn't create this one even, but I understand what it's doing. It's built on a range right and done by date. The extra file that's normally at the end is large. These are wide tables, 180 ish columns. The normal month holds around 5 million records. The current final file has 45 million records.I will say that right now everything works and we're not having a problem, but I'd like to get this cleaned up sooner than later.I have the new files created. My biggest question is which option is the best/safest (from your perspective) and some advice on how to tackle this beast. I'm guessing the fastest way would be to do a 2016, new file new year idea.Thanks in advance!
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