replication

wot should be the ans of the below scenario..
You are the administrator of a SQL Server 2000 computer. You want to set up snapshot replication on the server. The server will serve as Publisher and Distributor for a minimum of 40/50 Subscribers. Currently, you want to publish 3GB/4GB of data, but the data is expected to grow over time. Subscribers will receive a new snapshot each month. You want to minimize the workload on the Publisher/Distributor. Which two actions should you take to configure snapshot replication? (Each correct answer presents part of the solution. Choose two)
a. Store the snapshot in the default folder on the Publisher/Distributor.
b. Store the snapshot in an alternative folder on the Publisher/Distributor.
c. Store the snapshot in a shared folder on a file server.
d. Create pull subscriptions.
e. Create push subscriptions.I would store the snapshot on a file server
and create pull subscriptions
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"rahul" <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> wot should be the ans of the below scenario...
> You are the administrator of a SQL Server 2000 computer. You want to set
up snapshot replication on the server. The server will serve as Publisher
and Distributor for a minimum of 40/50 Subscribers. Currently, you want to
publish 3GB/4GB of data, but the data is expected to grow over time.
Subscribers will receive a new snapshot each month. You want to minimize the
workload on the Publisher/Distributor. Which two actions should you take to
configure snapshot replication? (Each correct answer presents part of the
solution. Choose two)
>
> a. Store the snapshot in the default folder on the Publisher/Distributor.
> b. Store the snapshot in an alternative folder on the
Publisher/Distributor.
> c. Store the snapshot in a shared folder on a file server.
> d. Create pull subscriptions.
> e. Create push subscriptions.
>|||Although I am not a replication expert, I would choose c and d.
Pull subscriptions ( by default) cause the distribution process to run at
the subscriber ( and not the publisher) which offloads work from the
publisher... ( As a side note, SQL 2000 allows a push subscription to have
the subscriber do his own work as well, it is called remote activation..)
Storing the snapshot files somewhere OTHER than the publisher/distributor
simply means that the publisher does NOT have to do IO during the initial
sync with the subscriber..
Hope this help.s
"rahul" <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> wot should be the ans of the below scenario...
> You are the administrator of a SQL Server 2000 computer. You want to set
up snapshot replication on the server. The server will serve as Publisher
and Distributor for a minimum of 40/50 Subscribers. Currently, you want to
publish 3GB/4GB of data, but the data is expected to grow over time.
Subscribers will receive a new snapshot each month. You want to minimize the
workload on the Publisher/Distributor. Which two actions should you take to
configure snapshot replication? (Each correct answer presents part of the
solution. Choose two)
>
> a. Store the snapshot in the default folder on the Publisher/Distributor.
> b. Store the snapshot in an alternative folder on the
Publisher/Distributor.
> c. Store the snapshot in a shared folder on a file server.
> d. Create pull subscriptions.
> e. Create push subscriptions.
>