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ritesh.mehrotra
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Posted - 2007-04-12 : 21:31:17
I need to move my database servers from one location to another. The issue is that I have over 200 databases to move and my clients can't afford a downtime. The collective volume of all the databases is over 2.5 TB and growing.

I am thinking to copy these databases in batches over the WAN to the new location and replicate them using Transactional replication till I have all the databases moved and synchronized.

Will it be wise enough to use replication for synchronizing 200 databases or is there a better approach which I can use to move these databases with minimum downtime and compromise on performance of applications.


Note: Migration is from SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2005.


Thanks in advance.

Ritesh

rmiao
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

7266 Posts

Posted - 2007-04-13 : 10:30:55
Another option: log shipping.
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