In SQL 2000 and before setting auto file growth to a percentage meant that the file would grow by 10% of the initial file size (regardless of how large the file had grown since its creation).
In SQL 2005 and later the growth by percentage setting is based on the “current” file size and not the “initial” file size. The means the amount that the file grows will vary greatly from the time that the file is created to its size 2 years later.
The ProDataMan way
In SQL 2005 and later do not use a percentage setting used a fixed Megabyte setting based on the amount of data that your users typically add between maintenance periods.
