> Thanks Sean.
>
> 16 TB is a huge amount of data.
>
> I think my database will grow up to 3 TB max. So I am going to keep my
> database in one sigle file.
>

Don't forget the other two limits that might come into play with a very large database:

maximum of 4 billion rows per table
maximum size of around 40 GB per table (actual number dependent upon a number of factors)

HTH,

Dan.