A great article, but...

I fundamentally disagree with using replication as a DR technique. Even with 2005, I've run into too many clients that often use replication to keep a standby database but find it difficult in the event of a failure (usually because they aren't prepared) to determine the transactional status of the database - is it current up to what point?

I know that's controversial, but, that's my take. It's also a very "busy" technology that has lots of spots of other failure (usually through misconfiguration). My preference is either low-tech log-shipping, or database mirroring.

Still, an excellent article! I'm just playing devil's advocate.