November 28, 2011 at 1:31 pm
I have a couple tables and or viewes that i want to copy over to a different box daily. I was planning on using linked servers as opposed to ssis.
Are the disadvantages to using linked server?
November 28, 2011 at 1:35 pm
no, they are equally good
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Sushant Kumar
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November 28, 2011 at 1:43 pm
captcooldaddy (11/28/2011)
I have a couple tables and or viewes that i want to copy over to a different box daily. I was planning on using linked servers as opposed to ssis.Are the disadvantages to using linked server?
Depends on your security and where you want to put the effort into the process. SSIS can more easily break down the delivery into controlled row volume for logging purposes and the like. Linked servers let you rely completely on T-SQL.
If it's just a Truncate/Reload process, it's more a matter of taste and security than it is of the power of the mechanism.
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November 28, 2011 at 3:02 pm
Linked servers are good for small batches that involve little or no data movement.
SSIS is much more efficient when moving huge amounts of data.
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November 29, 2011 at 1:25 am
Try replication between the two server.
November 29, 2011 at 2:13 am
alaguganesha1983 (11/29/2011)
Try replication between the two server.
Seems to me a bit of overkill for just a couple of tables...
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November 29, 2011 at 2:20 am
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alaguganesha1983 (11/29/2011)
Try replication between the two server.Seems to me a bit of overkill for just a couple of tables...
Agreed with this and with your previous post: if there is a large amount of data, SSIS is probably the way I would go.
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November 29, 2011 at 2:33 am
captcooldaddy (11/28/2011)
I have a couple tables and or viewes that i want to copy over to a different box daily. I was planning on using linked servers as opposed to ssis.Are the disadvantages to using linked server?
It really depends on the size of the data you will be transferring over network.
If the data is huge I would suggest NOT to use the linked servers.
I have seen it many times that linked server jobs get hung when data size is huge & once they are hung even if you try to kill that process, the rollback is not easy. Some times you are left with restarting the SQL server services as your only option in those cases :hehe:.
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