Jose Ianuck (3/9/2009)
so what impact does a database snapshot have on application transaction throughput and performance?
Depends on your app, your hardware and the DB's usage. Could be anything from no impact to intolerable
I did some tests a while back - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Performance/64080/
Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability