We are implementing SCOM 2012 (backend is SQL 2008 R2) but only Operations Manager for now. The expected size of the databases is about 500 GB (for operations manager db) and 1.6 TB for operations manager datawarehouse database (this includes the free space and growth for next 12 months). Since the databases are larger in size, we are thinking of using multiple data files (with each file in different drive.) for each database. But we don't know whether this will create any issues. I am not looking from a SQL Server best practices point of view for this question, but this is more from a product perspective. Did anyone create multiple data files for the operations manager databases? Please share your experiences.
Regards,
Rocky