Replicating/Update Remote Server

SQLServerCentral is supported by Red Gate Software Ltd.

Popular Topics

Home

Members

Calendar

Who's On

Home » SQL Server 2008 » SQL Server 2008 - General » Replicating/Update Remote Server

Replicating/Update Remote Server

Rate Topic

Display Mode

Topic Options

Author

Message

Jako de Wet

Posted Wednesday, September 19, 2012 7:10 AM

SSC Journeyman

Group: General Forum Members
Last Login: Thursday, April 11, 2013 2:25 AM
Points: 85, Visits: 137

Hi everyone

I was wondering what the best solution/practice would be for the following scenario:

We have a complex data structure with many tables creating one product, there are +- 20 million records. These products get updated on a daily basis and anywhere from 100K - 1 million records are affected each day.

We have a online read only database as well that holds a watered down version of the product record, a basic flat structure of the most crucial fields.

What would be the best way to keep the online version up to date, but have it updated outside of working hours?

I have 2 ideas, but not sure if either are the best or even plausible.

1. Create the update/insert queries that will populate the online version and that will connect form our internal system to the online version and run it as a job each night at a certain time.

2. Setup some sort of replication, Log shipping? I realize that in this option, I will need to create a local version of the online table(s) and populate it with the same queries used in step 1, but then the replication will handle the actual data transfer etc.

Or is there another way of simplifying this task?

Thank you.

Post #1361307

opc.three

Posted Tuesday, September 25, 2012 10:42 PM

SSCertifiable

Group: General Forum Members
Last Login: Today @ 1:07 PM
Points: 6,826, Visits: 11,951

Have you explored Change Tracking?

Change Tracking Overview

__________________________________________________________________________________________________
There are no special teachers of virtue, because virtue is taught by the whole community. --Plato

Believe you can and you're halfway there. --Theodore Roosevelt

Everything Should Be Made as Simple as Possible, But Not Simpler --Albert Einstein

The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them. --Albert Einstein

1 apple is not exactly 1/8 of 8 apples. Because there are no absolutely identical apples. --Giordy

Post #1364430

ESAT ERKEC

Posted Tuesday, September 25, 2012 11:01 PM

SSC Veteran

Group: General Forum Members
Last Login: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 7:09 AM
Points: 222, Visits: 715

Maybe SSIS execute sql task

Post #1364432

MysteryJimbo

Posted Wednesday, September 26, 2012 12:16 AM

Ten Centuries

Group: General Forum Members
Last Login: Yesterday @ 2:25 AM
Points: 1,125, Visits: 14,518

ESAT ERKEC (9/25/2012)

Maybe SSIS execute sql task

This gets my vote as what you after is a denormalised version of the data which logshipping and replication is not going to give you (without a lot of development anyway).

With some sort of change tracking, timestamp etc you can update only what has changed as well.

Post #1364450

« Prev Topic | Next Topic »

Permissions