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SQL Server 2008 R2 - Merge Replication - Can the Distribution Database size cause replication problems?

Setup: We have a SQL Server 2008 R2 instance running on a central server. The server is a merge-replication publisher. We have 'N' subsribers running SQL Server 2008 Express. 'N' can grow to any ...
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How to store many smallish time-series in a relational DB?

Input Data Multiple Tests Beds generate measurement data of various complexity. In it's most basic form, not considering any meta-data, one measurement on a Test Bed will be a small (1 - a few ...
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Is it OK to create hundreds of databases in SQL Azure versus one big one and run the risk of deadlocking

I need to create highly scalable solution - where field devices in thousands of sites are delivering data in real time to a back end system, and SQL Azure seems to fit the bill nicely in terms of ...
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SQL Server - Multiple running totals

I've got a base table with transactions and I need to create a table with running totals. I need them to be per account and and also have a few running totals for each account (depending on the ...
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How does one scale SQL Server 2008 or 2012?

How does one scale SQL Server 2008 (or 2012)? At its basic, I understand there are two options: Scale up: If CPU bound, I can clearly see going from 1 CPU core to 2 to 4. Or if RAM usage rockets, ...
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Multiple Partition Keys?

This is a follow-on from a previous question. I've never worked with SQL Server partitioning but I currently faced with designing a database for which the volumes probably warrant it. The system is ...
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Testing stored procedure scalability

I have an email application that will be called upon to deliver to the UI the number of new messages for a given user on each page load. I have a few variations of things I am testing on the DB level ...