Replication vs Standby

  • I am in the mids of designing a solution where I need to push data from 2 Live Production server into 1 Reporting Server.

    What would be the best way yo get data accross to the reporting server? Would Replication be a better option?

    Can Standby Server push transaction Logs from 2 servers into one single repository Server?

  • I don't believe you can do the second option, but I have never tried. We use DTS in some situations to move the data to a common database and table. I am currently putting in place a test of replication of a single database from which we replicate out with a field to mark origination location and we will setup updating subscribers. This means however the data will exist in all three locations when done but this is for a security log so redundancy is what we are after.

    "Don't roll your eyes at me. I will tape them in place." (Teacher on Boston Public)

  • Replication is probably less work to maintain than DTS.

    Andy

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/columnists/awarren/

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