Role of Distributors in transactional replication with queued updating

I am trying to understand what the value of installing the distribution
database on its own server. Performance is going to be an issue for clients
accessing the subscribing databases and I want to minimize the impact of the
replication process as much as possible. And by performance, I am not
referring to the speed of the replication process; it is acceptable for
there to be delays in replicating the data. With that being said, what is
the value of installing the distribution database on its own server for the
central subscriber as well as the regular subscribers?
Thanks
Hello William,
I think this depend on the performance of publication server. If it is not
heavy load, putting distributor on the same box shall have the best
performance because log reader agent and queue read agent can access
distributor locally. This will make clients have least impact of the
replication process.
However, if publication server is under heavy load, it is best that you
setup a standalone distributor. It has standalone process ability and
network bandwidth.
Regards,
Peter Yang
MCSE2000/2003, MCSA, MCDBA
Microsoft Online Partner Support
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| I am trying to understand what the value of installing the distribution
| database on its own server. Performance is going to be an issue for
clients
| accessing the subscribing databases and I want to minimize the impact of
the
| replication process as much as possible. And by performance, I am not
| referring to the speed of the replication process; it is acceptable for
| there to be delays in replicating the data. With that being said, what
is
| the value of installing the distribution database on its own server for
the
| central subscriber as well as the regular subscribers?
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| Thanks
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