Test/QC/Production

  • Hi,

    Is there a standard for setting up Testing/QC Environments?. We want to be able to set up Test/QC environments as OFTEN as possible and also as quick as possible. Currently we do backup/restores every month into Test/QC boxes. But our production file is getting HUGE and its not feasible to backup the entire database to create these environments. Please educate me on this topic.

    Thanks

  • That is really the best option for doing this. How big is big?

    You could use something like RedGate's Compare utilities and "synch" the schemas, not sure about data. They have a data tool, but not sure how it works for this.

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  • DB size is 50GB.

    I was thinking more like creating a TEST database and copy all the schema/objects into this database, then schedule a snapshot replication every week.

    Not sure even if that helps me.

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