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                                    | rushdibYak Posting Veteran
 
 
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                                            |  Posted - 2008-06-25 : 11:52:50 
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                                            | Hi,We are using merge and transactional replication with a publisher / distributor and 2 subscribers. We never had a performance issue for the past 3-4years but now all of a sudden it has become extemely slow. If I transfer the data using DTS directly then I don't find any performance issue. Where do I start looking for a clue?Thanks,Rushdi |  |  
                                    | sodeepMaster Smack Fu Yak Hacker
 
 
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                                          |  Posted - 2008-06-25 : 12:36:03 
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                                          | Track the transaction latency using trace token.Check if there is blocking involved?http://sql-server-performance.com/tips/transactional_replication_p1.aspx |  
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                                    | rushdibYak Posting Veteran
 
 
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                                          |  Posted - 2008-06-27 : 09:07:49 
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                                          | We found the problem. The ODBC tracing was set on the server by the network admin. Once the tracing stopped, everything went back to normal. |  
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