Replication: SQL Server 2000 - Part 1 - SQL Server Platform for Replication

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Microsoft SQL server uses publishing industry model to represent the components and processes in replication architecture. Publishing industry publishes Magazines/Books; there are Distributors and Agents who carry these publications to the Subscribers. Subscribers of the magazine obtain copies of the publication and read the articles of interest to them; this is how the SQL Server Replication model works. Figure 1 depicts the typical Publishing industry flow.

Figure 1

Based on the above model we can identify the following Entities for the SQL Server replication model.

• Publisher
• Distributor
• Agent
• Subscriber
• Articles
• Publications
• Subscriptions

Let us further explore each of these Entities.

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