By Zaika, Gary, 09/19/2011
Synchronizing massive amounts of data between heterogeneous environments can be painfully slow if SQL Server doesn’t provide a replication publisher. You can significantly reduce ...
By Gary Zaika, 12/17/2009
Deal with the limitations of SQL Server 2008’s built-in policies by creating a table-driven solution that lets you insert policy exceptions and regulate policy execution.
By Gary Zaika, 10/28/2008
If you have a large table with future dates in it, you can use the method described here to partition it.
By Gary Zaika, 07/20/2006
Pointing LAN and mobile users to different instances of an application database on different servers helped one organization improve performance for LAN users without major ...
By Gary Zaika, 07/19/2005
If you're looking for an easy-to-use solution for your organization's high-availability and disaster-recovery needs, this real-world example can help you decide whether merge ...
By Gary Zaika, 07/19/2005
Use these steps to configure publications for merge replication.
By Gary Zaika, 10/19/2004
Transactional replication helps maintain data availability, but if data becomes unsynchronized, you might not be able to quickly synchronize by using conventional techniques. You ...
By Gary Zaika, 10/19/2004
If you have tables that are related to each other with foreign key constraints, running forced replication might disrupt the referential integrity of Subscribers. You can avoid ...
By Gary Zaika, 10/19/2004
If you're using forced replication to synchronize a large number of tables, you can create a DTS package to run the replication process.
By Gary Zaika, 10/19/2004
Many DBAs don't know how rich a tool they have in transactional replication. Here are some of the options you can use when setting up replication.
By Gary Zaika, 11/26/2002
Information about setting up server-requested SSL encryption in a clustered SQL Server environment is hard to come by. But these clear steps pave the way to a straightforward ...
By Gary Zaika, 11/26/2002
To enable SSL encryption on your system, your server and clients must have a digital certificate from a Certificate Authority (CA). Here is some basic information you should know ...