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Mark
8/14/2006 9:01:03 AM

sql server replication:

Hello,

I have the need for a read-only copy of a database on a remote server which
needs to be updated several times throughout the day without interrupting
users which may be using the datbase at the time of updates. I believe my
only options are transactional replication or log shipping. Any suggestions
on which to use and the pros and cons of each?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance.

Re: Reporting DB Question

Paul Ibison
8/14/2006 5:14:30 PM

Mark,
this is a little dated now, with the advent of database mirroring, but it
compared sql server 2000 transactional replication and log shipping :
http://www.replicationanswers.com/Standby.asp
For users to be not affected by the distribution agent, you might want to
consider snapshot isolation level combined with transactional replication if
using sql server 2005.
Cheers,
Paul Ibison SQL Server MVP, www.replicationanswers.com

Re: Reporting DB Question

Adam Patrick Cassidy
8/25/2006 1:10:54 PM

As a follow up to this, depending on whether it's necessary to have FULLY
committed information available, we've implemented transactional replication
to our reporting cluster from production machines. The reporting software
uses an ODBC connection that we have specified to use READ UNCOMMITTED and
the distribution agent isn't affected by this.

Adam P. Cassidy
MCSE, MCSA, MCT, MCDBA

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