Multi location data syncronization

We have a scenario that will require us to maintain a central system that
will be taking in data from 15 other locations around the state. I'm
interested in creating a situation that will allow the individual locations
the ability to have a local copy of their data, but only their data. We want
changes made to the central repository to be pushed back down the the
appropriate location. It there a way or doing this through some kind of SQL
Server transaction synchronization? Could we have each locations data use
SQL Server log/transaction shipping synchronizing into individual databases
at the central site and then have some process that would just merge each of
these databases into a single large database? Is this more of a headache to
try to create and maintain? Any ideas or suggestions would be great. The
main idea here is that each location is a separate entity collecting their
own data - we are acting as a repository for all the locations and want to
be able to do research analysis on the data as a whole. As I said, any ideas
or suggestions would be welcome! Thanks!>
> We have a scenario that will require us to maintain a central system
that
> will be taking in data from 15 other locations around the state. I'm
> interested in creating a situation that will allow the individual
locations
> the ability to have a local copy of their data, but only their data. We
want
> changes made to the central repository to be pushed back down the the
> appropriate location. It there a way or doing this through some kind of
SQL
> Server transaction synchronization? Could we have each locations data use
> SQL Server log/transaction shipping synchronizing into individual
databases
> at the central site and then have some process that would just merge each
of
> these databases into a single large database? Is this more of a headache
to
> try to create and maintain? Any ideas or suggestions would be great. The
> main idea here is that each location is a separate entity collecting
their
> own data - we are acting as a repository for all the locations and want
to
> be able to do research analysis on the data as a whole. As I said, any
ideas
> or suggestions would be welcome! Thanks!
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It looks your requirement conforms to the multiple publishers and central
subscriber physical model. For more info, please consult SQL Server Books
Online.
Hope this helps,
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Eric Cárdenas
Senior support professional
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