Question : Fragmented data file

There is a data file of a SQL database that has physical fragmentation (35,234 segments). The database file itself is 54GB.

In terms of index fragmentation, there is a weekly process to fix that.

We have to fix the physical fragmentation also. Any recommendations on how to handle this? Is this a big performance hit like the index fragmentation?

Thanks for any input.

Answer : Fragmented data file

Here are a few good articles for that issue:
http://www.mssqltips.com/tip.asp?tip=1481
http://www.exforsys.com/tutorials/sql-server-2005/maintaining-sql-server-indexes.html
http://www.sql-server-performance.com/tips/rebuilding_indexes_p1.aspx