Agenda 1) Introduction 2) Agents required 3) When to use 4) Pros n Cons 5) Implementation with an example

2.  Introduction
 Agents required
 When to use
 Pros n Cons
 Implementation with an example
• Q&A

3.  Snapshot replication
distributes data exactly as it
appears at a specific moment
in time and does not monitor
for updates to the data.
 When synchronization occurs,
the entire snapshot is
generated and sent to
Subscribers.

4.  Snapshot agent creates the snapshot of the publisher.
 Distribution agent applies the snapshot to the subscribers.

5.  Data changes infrequently.
 Latency
in synchronization of data
between publisher and subscriber is
acceptable.
 Thesize of entire data set being
replicated is not very large.

6.  Pros- Snapshot replication has lower
overhead on publisher than
transactional/merge replication because
incremental changes are not tracked.
 Cons - If the dataset being replicated is
very large, snapshot replication requires
substantial resources to generate and
apply the snapshot.