SQL Server Transparent Data Encryption

SQL Server 2008 Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)
A secure Environment can be built by designing a secure system, encrypting confidential assets, and building a firewall around the database servers. However, in a scenario where the physical media (such as drives or backup tapes) are stolen, a malicious party can just restore or attach the database and browse the data. One solution is to encrypt the sensitive data in the database and protect the keys that are used to encrypt the data with a certificate. This prevents anyone without the keys from using the data, but this kind of protection must be planned in advance.
Transparent data encryption (TDE) performs real-time I/O encryption and decryption of the data and log files. … Read the rest

Administration of Transactional Replication

Administration of Transactional Replication

There are 3 types of Replication Types in SQL Server:

1. Snapshot Replication
2. Transactional Replication
3. Merge Replication

Replication of data can be configured between same server or can be different servers connected by Network. SQL Server replication uses a publisher, distributor and subscriber for replication to work
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Publisher is the database that sends its data to another database which can be located in same or another server.

Subscriber is the database that receives data from another database which can be located in same or another server.

Distributor is the server that manages the flow of data through the replication system. This server contains the distribution database.

There are

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Transactional Replication

Transactional Replication in SQL Server 2008:Transactional replication will start with a snapshot of the publication database objects and data which is called as initial snapshot. Subsequent data changes and schema modifications made at the Publisher are usually delivered to the Subscriber as they occur (in near real time). The data changes are applied to the Subscriber in the same order and within the same transaction boundaries as they occurred at the Publisher; therefore, within a publication, transactional consistency is guaranteed.
By default, Subscribers to transactional publications should be treated as read-only, because changes are not propagated back to the Publisher. However, transactional replication does offer options that allow updates at the Subscriber.
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Log Shipping in SQL Server 2008

Log Shipping in SQL Server 2008
Log shipping allows us to automatically send transaction log backups from a primary database server instance to one or more secondary databases on separate secondary server instances. The transaction log backups are applied to each of the secondary databases individually. There is option to include another server instance known as the monitor server which will record the history and status of backup and restore operations and be configured to raise alerts if these operations fail to occur as scheduled.
Log shipping consists of three operations:
1. Back up the transaction log at the primary server instance.
2. Copy the transaction log file to the secondary server instance.
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Database Mirroring in SQL Server 2008

Database Mirroring in SQL Server 2008:
In database mirroring we can opt to either synchronous or asynchronous DB mirroring.
In asynchronous DB Mirroring the transactions commit without waiting for the mirror server to write the log to disk, which maximizes performance.
In synchronous operation, a transaction is committed on both partners, but at the cost of increased transaction latency.
There are two mirroring operating modes as below;
1. In High-safety mode supports synchronous operation. Under high-safety mode, when a session starts, the mirror server synchronizes the mirror database together with the principal database as quickly as possible. As soon as the databases are synchronized, a transaction is committed on both partners, at the cost of increased transaction latency.
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