Slow Merge Replication

  • We have set up merge replication between two clustered SQL Server 7.0 servers on the same domain. We set it up to run continously. However, we find that it takes between 5 to 30 minutes to send the updates from one server to the other.

    Has anyone seen this before? Does anyone have an idea what could cause this slowness.

    Robert Marda

    Robert W. Marda
    Billing and OSS Specialist - SQL Programmer
    MCL Systems

  • Hi Robert,

    There is one Knowledge Base article which talks about SQL 7 and slow merge replication. I don't know if the conditions match yours, but here's a look:

    http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q281295

    K. Brian Kelley

    bkelley@sqlservercentral.com

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

    K. Brian Kelley
    @kbriankelley

  • Brian:

    Thanks for the reference. I read the article and according to Microsoft the problem with slowness was fixed with SP3 which we are currently using (sorry for not mentioning this in my first post). Maybe it really isn't fixed as I know our merge replication could be sending large volumes of data, however in some cases I think its only replicating one or two rows and still takes 5 minutes or more.

    Robert Marda

    Robert W. Marda
    Billing and OSS Specialist - SQL Programmer
    MCL Systems

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