how to reduce latency in Merge replication -- sql server replication

sql server replication : how to reduce latency in Merge replication

perhiyar
8/21/2006 7:38:34 AM

I have setup merge replication environment among three servers having
SQL Server 2000 . Lels suppose servers are A,B and C. Server A and
Server C are publisher as well as subscriber to server B while Server B
is subscriber and publisher to both Server A and Server C. Now Whenever
a transaction is done in Server A (or server C). It is being replicated
to Server B immediately while it takes approximately one minute to
replicate that transaction to server C (or Serve A).

1. How can i improve replication configuration to reduce one minute
latency?
2. Should i disable snapshot agent?
3. Whenever server A goes offline when it comes online replication
monitor gets red cross. When i start sync manually i get rid of that
red cross. How can this red cross be avoided automatically?

With Regards
Ali Raza Rajput
Database Administrator

Hilary Cotter
8/21/2006 2:17:53 PM

defrag your merge tables (mscontents, tombstone, genhistory) and put indexes
on all of your filter columns.

--
Hilary Cotter
Director of Text Mining and Database Strategy
RelevantNOISE.Com - Dedicated to mining blogs for business intelligence.

This posting is my own and doesn't necessarily represent RelevantNoise's
positions, strategies or opinions.

Looking for a SQL Server replication book?
http://www.nwsu.com/0974973602.html

Looking for a FAQ on Indexing Services/SQL FTS
http://www.indexserverfaq.com

[quoted text, click to view]

Paul Ibison
8/21/2006 3:47:08 PM

To speed it up, you could run the merge agent continuously and reduce
the -PollingInterval to a minimum.
Disable the snapshot agent in your case, until a reinitialization is needed.
For the red cross, we'll need to know details of the exact error message.
Cheers,
Paul Ibison SQL Server MVP, www.replicationanswers.com

Got something to say? Click here to post a reply to this thread.

Don't see what you're looking for? Try a search.

View other messages about sql server replication

View Other Months
April 2003
June 2003
July 2003
August 2003
September 2003
October 2003
November 2003
December 2003
January 2004
February 2004
March 2004
April 2004
May 2004
June 2004
July 2004
August 2004
September 2004
October 2004
November 2004
December 2004
January 2005
February 2005
March 2005
April 2005
May 2005
June 2005
July 2005
August 2005
September 2005
October 2005
November 2005
December 2005
January 2006
February 2006
March 2006
April 2006
May 2006
June 2006
July 2006
August 2006
September 2006
October 2006
November 2006
December 2006
January 2007
February 2007
March 2007
April 2007
May 2007
June 2007
July 2007
August 2007
September 2007
October 2007
November 2007

home · blog · groups

Questions? Comments? Contact the dn