Microsoft
Software
Hardware
Network
Question : SQL 2005 log shipping vs replication question.
Hello Experts,
I have a primary site in Chicago that hosts my main application database (200GB). We have another instance in our California office and use SQL safe backup and log shipping to get the data back to a “mirror” copy of production if you will.
We have a test and Dev environment in this office that we refresh with this process as well. There are additional sql jobs that run after the restore to setup permissions and such as these environments are in different domains.
Internally at our CA office our DB report writers often need to run their reports against the mirror of production but their jobs and queries will often alter the copy of production. This makes the model not work well because of the log shipping piece and the database being in read only mode.
Would it be best to set up replication instead and have a distribution database that subscribes to my “mirror” instance then set up other subscribers and let the report writers have at that instance? I’m not too familiar with the pros and cons of log shipping vs. replication, or other options.
I would love to hear suggestions or ideas on how best to design this environment.
Answer : SQL 2005 log shipping vs replication question.
There is a useful article here:
http://shop.duxtel.com.au/
article_in
fo.php?art
icles_id=1
8
Cheers.
Random Solutions
ASP.NET - why would I get this error on my host when I do not get it on my localhost
TS profiles v2 for Windows Server 2008 are empty
SQL Server 2008 work with GTM date
trouble moving a session variable into javascript
IIF Statement
Linq Tutorial
what does a sys admin do?
access crosstab query question
Java Calculator Problem
How to disable multitasking on iOS4 iPhone 3G ?