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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

New SQL Config - Hardware Proposal

Hi all,
I'm planning to install a new SQL 2005 Cluster ( Real MS Cluster ).
I wanted to know what you guys think about my config.
To roundup the charge the server will have :
- Over 6000 small databases ( with autoclose option = ON ) with a
total of 70 Gb of data
This number is so high because the main application is not
constructed well
In April of this year this number will fall to 1500 - 2000 databases
due to ( finally ) an update of this app
- +- 100 concurrent users ( via Citrix ) using this accounting
software including reporting
- Each user opens around 5 - 50 connections, sometimes I get more then
50 new connection/sec on the current system
The current system ( DL380 G3 2 * 2.8 Xeon ( 512K chache ) with 6Gb
memory ) is currently really underperforming.
2 local disks in RAID 0 as system disk and a Clariion CX3-10 ( all
fibre disks 10K ) with IPStore ( FalconStor ) in front for mirroring &
failover.
IO is no problem, Memory is fully used and CPU is avg 90 % ( with
Parallelism not active, otherwise avg 100 % and slow responses )
for the HP-minded I'm looking into following models :
- DL585 G2 with 4 procs AMD 2.8 ( dual core ) 8220SE ( too bad HP does
not have the quad-core's AMD yet )
- DL580 G5 with 4 procs Xeon 2.4Gh E7340 ( quad-core )
Is the xeon quad-core really that much faster giving a 40 % increase
in price
for the IBM-minded :
- x3850 M2 with 2 to 4 procs Xeon 2.4Gh E7330
Another question,why is there such a big price diff between HP & IBM
or should I not compare those 2 HP servers with this x3850 M2 system.
Anybody got an idea whether I should wait for the x3950 who did so
great on the TPC tests ?
Thanks in advance ...
Sven Peeters
Is your current system using AWE? You might get some CPU improvement by
going to 64bit. I would go with dual quad core 580 if I had a choice. It is
fast and leaves alot of room for growth.
Jason Massie
Web: http://statisticsio.com
RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/statisticsio
"Icemokka" <icemokka@.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:646e815f-a91d-47f6-9b6f-fbd01e751dc1@.e25g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
> Hi all,
> I'm planning to install a new SQL 2005 Cluster ( Real MS Cluster ).
> I wanted to know what you guys think about my config.
> To roundup the charge the server will have :
> - Over 6000 small databases ( with autoclose option = ON ) with a
> total of 70 Gb of data
> This number is so high because the main application is not
> constructed well
> In April of this year this number will fall to 1500 - 2000 databases
> due to ( finally ) an update of this app
> - +- 100 concurrent users ( via Citrix ) using this accounting
> software including reporting
> - Each user opens around 5 - 50 connections, sometimes I get more then
> 50 new connection/sec on the current system
> The current system ( DL380 G3 2 * 2.8 Xeon ( 512K chache ) with 6Gb
> memory ) is currently really underperforming.
> 2 local disks in RAID 0 as system disk and a Clariion CX3-10 ( all
> fibre disks 10K ) with IPStore ( FalconStor ) in front for mirroring &
> failover.
> IO is no problem, Memory is fully used and CPU is avg 90 % ( with
> Parallelism not active, otherwise avg 100 % and slow responses )
> for the HP-minded I'm looking into following models :
> - DL585 G2 with 4 procs AMD 2.8 ( dual core ) 8220SE ( too bad HP does
> not have the quad-core's AMD yet )
> - DL580 G5 with 4 procs Xeon 2.4Gh E7340 ( quad-core )
> Is the xeon quad-core really that much faster giving a 40 % increase
> in price
> for the IBM-minded :
> - x3850 M2 with 2 to 4 procs Xeon 2.4Gh E7330
> Another question,why is there such a big price diff between HP & IBM
> or should I not compare those 2 HP servers with this x3850 M2 system.
> Anybody got an idea whether I should wait for the x3950 who did so
> great on the TPC tests ?
>
> Thanks in advance ...
> Sven Peeters
|||DL580 with two quad-core sockets does deliver impressive compute power in my
own tests.
Linchi
"Jason Massie" wrote:

> Is your current system using AWE? You might get some CPU improvement by
> going to 64bit. I would go with dual quad core 580 if I had a choice. It is
> fast and leaves alot of room for growth.
> --
> Jason Massie
> Web: http://statisticsio.com
> RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/statisticsio
> "Icemokka" <icemokka@.gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:646e815f-a91d-47f6-9b6f-fbd01e751dc1@.e25g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
>
>
|||On Feb 12, 6:17Xam, Icemokka <icemo...@.gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I'm planning to install a new SQL 2005 Cluster ( Real MS Cluster ).
> I wanted to know what you guys think about my config.
> To roundup the charge the server will have :
> - Over 6000 small databases ( with autoclose option = ON ) with a
> total of 70 Gb of data
> X This number is so high because the main application is not
> constructed well
> X In April of this year this number will fall to 1500 - 2000 databases
> due to ( finally ) an update of this app
> - +- 100 concurrent users ( via Citrix ) using this accounting
> software including reporting
> - Each user opens around 5 - 50 connections, sometimes I get more then
> 50 new connection/sec on the current system
> The current system ( DL380 G3 2 * 2.8 Xeon ( 512K chache ) with 6Gb
> memory ) is currently really underperforming.
> 2 local disks in RAID 0 as system disk and a Clariion CX3-10 ( all
> fibre disks 10K ) with IPStore (FalconStor) in front for mirroring &
> failover.
> IO is no problem, Memory is fully used and CPU is avg 90 % ( with
> Parallelism not active, otherwise avg 100 % and slow responses )
> for the HP-minded I'm looking into following models :
> - DL585 G2 with 4 procs AMD 2.8 ( dual core ) 8220SE ( too bad HP does
> not have the quad-core's AMD yet )
> - DL580 G5 with 4 procs Xeon 2.4Gh E7340 ( quad-core )
> Is the xeon quad-core really that much faster giving a 40 % increase
> in price
> for the IBM-minded :
> - x3850 M2 with 2 to 4 procs Xeon 2.4Gh E7330
> Another question,why is there such a big price diff between HP & IBM
> or should I not compare those 2 HP servers with this x3850 M2 system.
> Anybody got an idea whether I should wait for the x3950 who did so
> great on the TPC tests ?
> Thanks in advance ...
> Sven Peeters
Hi Sven.
For starters, hopefully you meant the system disks are in a Raid 1
pair not Raid 0.
I would take an Xray of your IPStor server and submit to
support@.falconstor.com for analysis. They will let you know if
something looks like it has been configured incorrectly or if there is
a patch available for any known issues. There may be some specific
settings for optimizing the Clariion that have not been done.
Your mirroring may not be done in an optimal fashion. In order to
maintain consistency between disk arrays of unmatched performance you
would have a Safe Cache area. If this is set on the same disks as your
primary storage then you're just creating twice as many writes.
Also, if you have turned on TimeMarks/SnapShots the same goes for the
SnapShot Resource Area. Due to the Copy-on-First-Write pattern you
could be really pounding away at the same disks for all three writes
plus incurring hte overhead of the extra read for each write as it
goes through the CoFW process. Ideally TimeMarks/Snapshots should be
written to an IPStor server setup in CDP mode and leave your
provisioning server to just provisioning. In the "triplet"
configuration the CDP server would hold a complete copy of your data
and then create your TimeMarks/Snapshot from there instead of your
production disks.
Lastly, double check your PCI slots and your actual IO requirements.
If you're pumping everything through a single bus you may have hit a
bottle neck. Maybe you need more ports or at least dispersed ports so
that targets and initiators are on separate HBAs.
If you're going to go ahead with new servers and are going with the
DL585 then do make sure you populate all sockets. IPStor won't need
the processing power but due to the way the AMD chipset accesses
memory you won't get full memory optimization with empty sockets. The
DL385 may be sufficient with 2 x CPUs.
Hope this helps with some new things to try.
|||On Feb 16, 12:16Xam, SnowCan...@.gmail.com wrote:
> On Feb 12, 6:17Xam, Icemokka <icemo...@.gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Hi Sven.
> For starters, hopefully you meant the system disks are in a Raid 1
> pair not Raid 0.
> I would take an Xray of your IPStor server and submit to
> supp...@.falconstor.com for analysis. They will let you know if
> something looks like it has been configured incorrectly or if there is
> a patch available for any known issues. There may be some specific
> settings for optimizing the Clariion that have not been done.
> Your mirroring may not be done in an optimal fashion. In order to
> maintain consistency between disk arrays of unmatched performance you
> would have a Safe Cache area. If this is set on the same disks as your
> primary storage then you're just creating twice as many writes.
> Also, if you have turned on TimeMarks/SnapShots the same goes for the
> SnapShot Resource Area. Due to the Copy-on-First-Write pattern you
> could be really pounding away at the same disks for all three writes
> plus incurring hte overhead of the extra read for each write as it
> goes through the CoFW process. Ideally TimeMarks/Snapshots should be
> written to an IPStor server setup in CDP mode and leave your
> provisioning server to just provisioning. In the "triplet"
> configuration the CDP server would hold a complete copy of your data
> and then create your TimeMarks/Snapshot from there instead of your
> production disks.
> Lastly, double check your PCI slots and your actual IO requirements.
> If you're pumping everything through a single bus you may have hit a
> bottle neck. Maybe you need more ports or at least dispersed ports so
> that targets and initiators are on separate HBAs.
> If you're going to go ahead with new servers and are going with the
> DL585 then do make sure you populate all sockets. IPStor won't need
> the processing power but due to the way the AMD chipset accesses
> memory you won't get full memory optimization with empty sockets. XThe
> DL385 may be sufficient with 2 x CPUs.
> Hope this helps with some new things to try.- Hide quoted text -
> - Show quoted text -
A further thought on this... you said you are running on a DL380 G3
which as I recall was a 32-bit platform which in turn means you are
running IPStor 4.x. Note: The final release of IPStor on 32-bit was
version 4.5 build 954 and then there have been patches and driver
updates not only to IPStor but to the OS as well. There is a
fundamental difference in how IPStor 4.x and IPStor 5.x (64-bit)
handles TimeMarks/Snapshots. In v4.x ALL TimeMarks and the resulting
CoFW blocks are held in memory until deleted. In v5.x only the LAST
TimeMark and current CoFW data is held in memory, the earlier ones are
flushed to disk. If you have EVER turned on the TimeMark feature, even
if you're not using it, then ALL writes are subject to examination and
as blacks were changed the original block is held in memory. You could
effectively be holding 100% of your disk in memory and still imposing
upto 30% performance hit watching changed blocks. If you have not
turned on TimeMarks then of course this is all irrelevant.
also, where is your mirror? You have only mentioned one IPStor server
and one Clariion. If you have virtualized the LUNs on the same
spindles you may have imposed a software Raid 1 on top of a hardware
raid 5 and then put both mirrors on the same spindles. It's only
natural that it would underperform.
BTW - that email address above should have read
support(a)falconstor.com - you may also want to check their online
knowledge base.
- Craig

New SQL Config - Hardware Proposal

Hi all,
I'm planning to install a new SQL 2005 Cluster ( Real MS Cluster ).
I wanted to know what you guys think about my config.
To roundup the charge the server will have :
- Over 6000 small databases ( with autoclose option = ON ) with a
total of 70 Gb of data
This number is so high because the main application is not
constructed well
In April of this year this number will fall to 1500 - 2000 databases
due to ( finally ) an update of this app
- +- 100 concurrent users ( via Citrix ) using this accounting
software including reporting
- Each user opens around 5 - 50 connections, sometimes I get more then
50 new connection/sec on the current system
The current system ( DL380 G3 2 * 2.8 Xeon ( 512K chache ) with 6Gb
memory ) is currently really underperforming.
2 local disks in RAID 0 as system disk and a Clariion CX3-10 ( all
fibre disks 10K ) with IPStore ( FalconStor ) in front for mirroring &
failover.
IO is no problem, Memory is fully used and CPU is avg 90 % ( with
Parallelism not active, otherwise avg 100 % and slow responses )
for the HP-minded I'm looking into following models :
- DL585 G2 with 4 procs AMD 2.8 ( dual core ) 8220SE ( too bad HP does
not have the quad-core's AMD yet )
- DL580 G5 with 4 procs Xeon 2.4Gh E7340 ( quad-core )
Is the xeon quad-core really that much faster giving a 40 % increase
in price
for the IBM-minded :
- x3850 M2 with 2 to 4 procs Xeon 2.4Gh E7330
Another question,why is there such a big price diff between HP & IBM
or should I not compare those 2 HP servers with this x3850 M2 system.
Anybody got an idea whether I should wait for the x3950 who did so
great on the TPC tests ?
Thanks in advance ...
Sven PeetersIs your current system using AWE? You might get some CPU improvement by
going to 64bit. I would go with dual quad core 580 if I had a choice. It is
fast and leaves alot of room for growth.
--
Jason Massie
Web: http://statisticsio.com
RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/statisticsio
"Icemokka" <icemokka@.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:646e815f-a91d-47f6-9b6f-fbd01e751dc1@.e25g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
> Hi all,
> I'm planning to install a new SQL 2005 Cluster ( Real MS Cluster ).
> I wanted to know what you guys think about my config.
> To roundup the charge the server will have :
> - Over 6000 small databases ( with autoclose option = ON ) with a
> total of 70 Gb of data
> This number is so high because the main application is not
> constructed well
> In April of this year this number will fall to 1500 - 2000 databases
> due to ( finally ) an update of this app
> - +- 100 concurrent users ( via Citrix ) using this accounting
> software including reporting
> - Each user opens around 5 - 50 connections, sometimes I get more then
> 50 new connection/sec on the current system
> The current system ( DL380 G3 2 * 2.8 Xeon ( 512K chache ) with 6Gb
> memory ) is currently really underperforming.
> 2 local disks in RAID 0 as system disk and a Clariion CX3-10 ( all
> fibre disks 10K ) with IPStore ( FalconStor ) in front for mirroring &
> failover.
> IO is no problem, Memory is fully used and CPU is avg 90 % ( with
> Parallelism not active, otherwise avg 100 % and slow responses )
> for the HP-minded I'm looking into following models :
> - DL585 G2 with 4 procs AMD 2.8 ( dual core ) 8220SE ( too bad HP does
> not have the quad-core's AMD yet )
> - DL580 G5 with 4 procs Xeon 2.4Gh E7340 ( quad-core )
> Is the xeon quad-core really that much faster giving a 40 % increase
> in price
> for the IBM-minded :
> - x3850 M2 with 2 to 4 procs Xeon 2.4Gh E7330
> Another question,why is there such a big price diff between HP & IBM
> or should I not compare those 2 HP servers with this x3850 M2 system.
> Anybody got an idea whether I should wait for the x3950 who did so
> great on the TPC tests ?
>
> Thanks in advance ...
> Sven Peeters|||DL580 with two quad-core sockets does deliver impressive compute power in my
own tests.
Linchi
"Jason Massie" wrote:
> Is your current system using AWE? You might get some CPU improvement by
> going to 64bit. I would go with dual quad core 580 if I had a choice. It is
> fast and leaves alot of room for growth.
> --
> Jason Massie
> Web: http://statisticsio.com
> RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/statisticsio
> "Icemokka" <icemokka@.gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:646e815f-a91d-47f6-9b6f-fbd01e751dc1@.e25g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm planning to install a new SQL 2005 Cluster ( Real MS Cluster ).
> > I wanted to know what you guys think about my config.
> >
> > To roundup the charge the server will have :
> > - Over 6000 small databases ( with autoclose option = ON ) with a
> > total of 70 Gb of data
> > This number is so high because the main application is not
> > constructed well
> > In April of this year this number will fall to 1500 - 2000 databases
> > due to ( finally ) an update of this app
> > - +- 100 concurrent users ( via Citrix ) using this accounting
> > software including reporting
> > - Each user opens around 5 - 50 connections, sometimes I get more then
> > 50 new connection/sec on the current system
> >
> > The current system ( DL380 G3 2 * 2.8 Xeon ( 512K chache ) with 6Gb
> > memory ) is currently really underperforming.
> > 2 local disks in RAID 0 as system disk and a Clariion CX3-10 ( all
> > fibre disks 10K ) with IPStore ( FalconStor ) in front for mirroring &
> > failover.
> > IO is no problem, Memory is fully used and CPU is avg 90 % ( with
> > Parallelism not active, otherwise avg 100 % and slow responses )
> >
> > for the HP-minded I'm looking into following models :
> > - DL585 G2 with 4 procs AMD 2.8 ( dual core ) 8220SE ( too bad HP does
> > not have the quad-core's AMD yet )
> > - DL580 G5 with 4 procs Xeon 2.4Gh E7340 ( quad-core )
> > Is the xeon quad-core really that much faster giving a 40 % increase
> > in price
> >
> > for the IBM-minded :
> > - x3850 M2 with 2 to 4 procs Xeon 2.4Gh E7330
> >
> > Another question,why is there such a big price diff between HP & IBM
> > or should I not compare those 2 HP servers with this x3850 M2 system.
> > Anybody got an idea whether I should wait for the x3950 who did so
> > great on the TPC tests ?
> >
> >
> > Thanks in advance ...
> > Sven Peeters
>
>|||On Feb 12, 6:17=A0am, Icemokka <icemo...@.gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I'm planning to install a new SQL 2005 Cluster ( Real MS Cluster ).
> I wanted to know what you guys think about my config.
> To roundup the charge the server will have :
> - Over 6000 small databases ( with autoclose option =3D ON ) with a
> total of 70 Gb of data
> =A0 This number is so high because the main application is not
> constructed well
> =A0 In April of this year this number will fall to 1500 - 2000 databases
> due to ( finally ) an update of this app
> - +- 100 concurrent users ( via Citrix ) using this accounting
> software including reporting
> - Each user opens around 5 - 50 connections, sometimes I get more then
> 50 new connection/sec on the current system
> The current system ( DL380 G3 2 * 2.8 Xeon ( 512K chache ) with 6Gb
> memory ) is currently really underperforming.
> 2 local disks in RAID 0 as system disk and a Clariion CX3-10 ( all
> fibre disks 10K ) with IPStore (FalconStor) in front for mirroring &
> failover.
> IO is no problem, Memory is fully used and CPU is avg 90 % ( with
> Parallelism not active, otherwise avg 100 % and slow responses )
> for the HP-minded I'm looking into following models :
> - DL585 G2 with 4 procs AMD 2.8 ( dual core ) 8220SE ( too bad HP does
> not have the quad-core's AMD yet )
> - DL580 G5 with 4 procs Xeon 2.4Gh E7340 ( quad-core )
> Is the xeon quad-core really that much faster giving a 40 % increase
> in price
> for the IBM-minded :
> - x3850 M2 with 2 to 4 procs Xeon 2.4Gh E7330
> Another question,why is there such a big price diff between HP & IBM
> or should I not compare those 2 HP servers with this x3850 M2 system.
> Anybody got an idea whether I should wait for the x3950 who did so
> great on the TPC tests ?
> Thanks in advance ...
> Sven Peeters
Hi Sven.
For starters, hopefully you meant the system disks are in a Raid 1
pair not Raid 0.
I would take an Xray of your IPStor server and submit to
support@.falconstor.com for analysis. They will let you know if
something looks like it has been configured incorrectly or if there is
a patch available for any known issues. There may be some specific
settings for optimizing the Clariion that have not been done.
Your mirroring may not be done in an optimal fashion. In order to
maintain consistency between disk arrays of unmatched performance you
would have a Safe Cache area. If this is set on the same disks as your
primary storage then you're just creating twice as many writes.
Also, if you have turned on TimeMarks/SnapShots the same goes for the
SnapShot Resource Area. Due to the Copy-on-First-Write pattern you
could be really pounding away at the same disks for all three writes
plus incurring hte overhead of the extra read for each write as it
goes through the CoFW process. Ideally TimeMarks/Snapshots should be
written to an IPStor server setup in CDP mode and leave your
provisioning server to just provisioning. In the "triplet"
configuration the CDP server would hold a complete copy of your data
and then create your TimeMarks/Snapshot from there instead of your
production disks.
Lastly, double check your PCI slots and your actual IO requirements.
If you're pumping everything through a single bus you may have hit a
bottle neck. Maybe you need more ports or at least dispersed ports so
that targets and initiators are on separate HBAs.
If you're going to go ahead with new servers and are going with the
DL585 then do make sure you populate all sockets. IPStor won't need
the processing power but due to the way the AMD chipset accesses
memory you won't get full memory optimization with empty sockets. The
DL385 may be sufficient with 2 x CPUs.
Hope this helps with some new things to try.|||On Feb 16, 12:16=A0am, SnowCan...@.gmail.com wrote:
> On Feb 12, 6:17=A0am, Icemokka <icemo...@.gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> > Hi all,
> > I'm planning to install a new SQL 2005 Cluster ( Real MS Cluster ).
> > I wanted to know what you guys think about my config.
> > To roundup the charge the server will have :
> > - Over 6000 small databases ( with autoclose option =3D ON ) with a
> > total of 70 Gb of data
> > =A0 This number is so high because the main application is not
> > constructed well
> > =A0 In April of this year this number will fall to 1500 - 2000 databases=
> > due to ( finally ) an update of this app
> > - +- 100 concurrent users ( via Citrix ) using this accounting
> > software including reporting
> > - Each user opens around 5 - 50 connections, sometimes I get more then
> > 50 new connection/sec on the current system
> > The current system ( DL380 G3 2 * 2.8 Xeon ( 512K chache ) with 6Gb
> > memory ) is currently really underperforming.
> > 2 local disks in RAID 0 as system disk and a Clariion CX3-10 ( all
> > fibre disks 10K ) with IPStore (FalconStor) in front for mirroring &
> > failover.
> > IO is no problem, Memory is fully used and CPU is avg 90 % ( with
> > Parallelism not active, otherwise avg 100 % and slow responses )
> > for the HP-minded I'm looking into following models :
> > - DL585 G2 with 4 procs AMD 2.8 ( dual core ) 8220SE ( too bad HP does
> > not have the quad-core's AMD yet )
> > - DL580 G5 with 4 procs Xeon 2.4Gh E7340 ( quad-core )
> > Is the xeon quad-core really that much faster giving a 40 % increase
> > in price
> > for the IBM-minded :
> > - x3850 M2 with 2 to 4 procs Xeon 2.4Gh E7330
> > Another question,why is there such a big price diff between HP & IBM
> > or should I not compare those 2 HP servers with this x3850 M2 system.
> > Anybody got an idea whether I should wait for the x3950 who did so
> > great on the TPC tests ?
> > Thanks in advance ...
> > Sven Peeters
> Hi Sven.
> For starters, hopefully you meant the system disks are in a Raid 1
> pair not Raid 0.
> I would take an Xray of your IPStor server and submit to
> supp...@.falconstor.com for analysis. They will let you know if
> something looks like it has been configured incorrectly or if there is
> a patch available for any known issues. There may be some specific
> settings for optimizing the Clariion that have not been done.
> Your mirroring may not be done in an optimal fashion. In order to
> maintain consistency between disk arrays of unmatched performance you
> would have a Safe Cache area. If this is set on the same disks as your
> primary storage then you're just creating twice as many writes.
> Also, if you have turned on TimeMarks/SnapShots the same goes for the
> SnapShot Resource Area. Due to the Copy-on-First-Write pattern you
> could be really pounding away at the same disks for all three writes
> plus incurring hte overhead of the extra read for each write as it
> goes through the CoFW process. Ideally TimeMarks/Snapshots should be
> written to an IPStor server setup in CDP mode and leave your
> provisioning server to just provisioning. In the "triplet"
> configuration the CDP server would hold a complete copy of your data
> and then create your TimeMarks/Snapshot from there instead of your
> production disks.
> Lastly, double check your PCI slots and your actual IO requirements.
> If you're pumping everything through a single bus you may have hit a
> bottle neck. Maybe you need more ports or at least dispersed ports so
> that targets and initiators are on separate HBAs.
> If you're going to go ahead with new servers and are going with the
> DL585 then do make sure you populate all sockets. IPStor won't need
> the processing power but due to the way the AMD chipset accesses
> memory you won't get full memory optimization with empty sockets. =A0The
> DL385 may be sufficient with 2 x CPUs.
> Hope this helps with some new things to try.- Hide quoted text -
> - Show quoted text -
A further thought on this... you said you are running on a DL380 G3
which as I recall was a 32-bit platform which in turn means you are
running IPStor 4.x. Note: The final release of IPStor on 32-bit was
version 4.5 build 954 and then there have been patches and driver
updates not only to IPStor but to the OS as well. There is a
fundamental difference in how IPStor 4.x and IPStor 5.x (64-bit)
handles TimeMarks/Snapshots. In v4.x ALL TimeMarks and the resulting
CoFW blocks are held in memory until deleted. In v5.x only the LAST
TimeMark and current CoFW data is held in memory, the earlier ones are
flushed to disk. If you have EVER turned on the TimeMark feature, even
if you're not using it, then ALL writes are subject to examination and
as blacks were changed the original block is held in memory. You could
effectively be holding 100% of your disk in memory and still imposing
upto 30% performance hit watching changed blocks. If you have not
turned on TimeMarks then of course this is all irrelevant.
also, where is your mirror? You have only mentioned one IPStor server
and one Clariion. If you have virtualized the LUNs on the same
spindles you may have imposed a software Raid 1 on top of a hardware
raid 5 and then put both mirrors on the same spindles. It's only
natural that it would underperform.
BTW - that email address above should have read
support(a)falconstor.com - you may also want to check their online
knowledge base.
- Craigsql

New Setup Question

Hi there, a client asked me to make some recommendations as to the hardware setup for a new SQL 2000 setup. They will be importing a 9 gig sql 7 DB...

Specifically I'm looking for Optimal Raid configurations and Memory. Initially I was going to recommend a dual CPU machine with a raid 5 for the DAta, and rain 1 for the transaction logs. Is that still the recommended choice.

Also if they wanted to do a fail ever cluster I assume they are going to have to add an additional CPU license if the backup machine was a single CPU?Please provide more info about transactions nature. For high level of concurent transactions with high activity on writes RAID5 is not appropriate choise.

Saturday, February 25, 2012

new hardware - sqlserver 2000 transfer

Hi!
I have a sqlserver 2000 (windows 2000 server) running and my machine is now
too slow.
So I want to buy a new one (dualprocessor) and transfer my database to that
server.
I have a lot of dts jobs, user, roles, rights, cubes, dimensions how could I
get that all to my new server?
my main sqlserver database is 120 GB is on a 136 GB drive f in windows.
how could I get all these things to my new server?
Who can me say the steps?
Thanks
See if this helps:
How to move SQL Server to a new computer?
http://vyaskn.tripod.com/moving_sql_server.htm
HTH,
Vyas, MVP (SQL Server)
http://vyaskn.tripod.com/
"Hubert Mayr" <huma1@.gmx.net> wrote in message
news:1091784043.72762@.news.liwest.at...
Hi!
I have a sqlserver 2000 (windows 2000 server) running and my machine is now
too slow.
So I want to buy a new one (dualprocessor) and transfer my database to that
server.
I have a lot of dts jobs, user, roles, rights, cubes, dimensions how could I
get that all to my new server?
my main sqlserver database is 120 GB is on a 136 GB drive f in windows.
how could I get all these things to my new server?
Who can me say the steps?
Thanks
|||If you have cubes, you'll have to back them up using the cube backup
program..
additionally you may have to change the datasource property in Analysis
services ( if you are changing the server name.)
You may also have to change the client connectivity stuff for people who
connect to the server ( if the server name is changing..)
Wayne Snyder, MCDBA, SQL Server MVP
Mariner, Charlotte, NC
www.mariner-usa.com
(Please respond only to the newsgroups.)
I support the Professional Association of SQL Server (PASS) and it's
community of SQL Server professionals.
www.sqlpass.org
"Hubert Mayr" <huma1@.gmx.net> wrote in message
news:1091784043.72762@.news.liwest.at...
> Hi!
> I have a sqlserver 2000 (windows 2000 server) running and my machine is
now
> too slow.
> So I want to buy a new one (dualprocessor) and transfer my database to
that
> server.
> I have a lot of dts jobs, user, roles, rights, cubes, dimensions how could
I
> get that all to my new server?
> my main sqlserver database is 120 GB is on a 136 GB drive f in windows.
> how could I get all these things to my new server?
> Who can me say the steps?
> Thanks
>

new hardware - sqlserver 2000 transfer

Hi!
I have a sqlserver 2000 (windows 2000 server) running and my machine is now
too slow.
So I want to buy a new one (dualprocessor) and transfer my database to that
server.
I have a lot of dts jobs, user, roles, rights, cubes, dimensions how could I
get that all to my new server?
my main sqlserver database is 120 GB is on a 136 GB drive f in windows.
how could I get all these things to my new server?
Who can me say the steps?
ThanksSee if this helps:
How to move SQL Server to a new computer?
http://vyaskn.tripod.com/moving_sql_server.htm
--
HTH,
Vyas, MVP (SQL Server)
http://vyaskn.tripod.com/
"Hubert Mayr" <huma1@.gmx.net> wrote in message
news:1091784043.72762@.news.liwest.at...
Hi!
I have a sqlserver 2000 (windows 2000 server) running and my machine is now
too slow.
So I want to buy a new one (dualprocessor) and transfer my database to that
server.
I have a lot of dts jobs, user, roles, rights, cubes, dimensions how could I
get that all to my new server?
my main sqlserver database is 120 GB is on a 136 GB drive f in windows.
how could I get all these things to my new server?
Who can me say the steps?
Thanks|||If you have cubes, you'll have to back them up using the cube backup
program..
additionally you may have to change the datasource property in Analysis
services ( if you are changing the server name.)
You may also have to change the client connectivity stuff for people who
connect to the server ( if the server name is changing..)
--
Wayne Snyder, MCDBA, SQL Server MVP
Mariner, Charlotte, NC
www.mariner-usa.com
(Please respond only to the newsgroups.)
I support the Professional Association of SQL Server (PASS) and it's
community of SQL Server professionals.
www.sqlpass.org
"Hubert Mayr" <huma1@.gmx.net> wrote in message
news:1091784043.72762@.news.liwest.at...
> Hi!
> I have a sqlserver 2000 (windows 2000 server) running and my machine is
now
> too slow.
> So I want to buy a new one (dualprocessor) and transfer my database to
that
> server.
> I have a lot of dts jobs, user, roles, rights, cubes, dimensions how could
I
> get that all to my new server?
> my main sqlserver database is 120 GB is on a 136 GB drive f in windows.
> how could I get all these things to my new server?
> Who can me say the steps?
> Thanks
>

new hardware - sqlserver 2000 transfer

Hi!
I have a sqlserver 2000 (windows 2000 server) running and my machine is now
too slow.
So I want to buy a new one (dualprocessor) and transfer my database to that
server.
I have a lot of dts jobs, user, roles, rights, cubes, dimensions how could I
get that all to my new server?
my main sqlserver database is 120 GB is on a 136 GB drive f in windows.
how could I get all these things to my new server?
Who can me say the steps?
Thanks
See if this helps:
How to move SQL Server to a new computer?
http://vyaskn.tripod.com/moving_sql_server.htm
HTH,
Vyas, MVP (SQL Server)
http://vyaskn.tripod.com/
"Hubert Mayr" <huma1@.gmx.net> wrote in message
news:1091784043.72762@.news.liwest.at...
Hi!
I have a sqlserver 2000 (windows 2000 server) running and my machine is now
too slow.
So I want to buy a new one (dualprocessor) and transfer my database to that
server.
I have a lot of dts jobs, user, roles, rights, cubes, dimensions how could I
get that all to my new server?
my main sqlserver database is 120 GB is on a 136 GB drive f in windows.
how could I get all these things to my new server?
Who can me say the steps?
Thanks
|||If you have cubes, you'll have to back them up using the cube backup
program..
additionally you may have to change the datasource property in Analysis
services ( if you are changing the server name.)
You may also have to change the client connectivity stuff for people who
connect to the server ( if the server name is changing..)
Wayne Snyder, MCDBA, SQL Server MVP
Mariner, Charlotte, NC
www.mariner-usa.com
(Please respond only to the newsgroups.)
I support the Professional Association of SQL Server (PASS) and it's
community of SQL Server professionals.
www.sqlpass.org
"Hubert Mayr" <huma1@.gmx.net> wrote in message
news:1091784043.72762@.news.liwest.at...
> Hi!
> I have a sqlserver 2000 (windows 2000 server) running and my machine is
now
> too slow.
> So I want to buy a new one (dualprocessor) and transfer my database to
that
> server.
> I have a lot of dts jobs, user, roles, rights, cubes, dimensions how could
I
> get that all to my new server?
> my main sqlserver database is 120 GB is on a 136 GB drive f in windows.
> how could I get all these things to my new server?
> Who can me say the steps?
> Thanks
>

new hardware - sqlserver 2000 transfer

Hi!
I have a sqlserver 2000 (windows 2000 server) running and my machine is now
too slow.
So I want to buy a new one (dualprocessor) and transfer my database to that
server.
I have a lot of dts jobs, user, roles, rights, cubes, dimensions how could I
get that all to my new server?
my main sqlserver database is 120 GB is on a 136 GB drive f in windows.
how could I get all these things to my new server?
Who can me say the steps?
ThanksSee if this helps:
How to move SQL Server to a new computer?
http://vyaskn.tripod.com/moving_sql_server.htm
--
HTH,
Vyas, MVP (SQL Server)
http://vyaskn.tripod.com/
"Hubert Mayr" <huma1@.gmx.net> wrote in message
news:1091784043.72762@.news.liwest.at...
Hi!
I have a sqlserver 2000 (windows 2000 server) running and my machine is now
too slow.
So I want to buy a new one (dualprocessor) and transfer my database to that
server.
I have a lot of dts jobs, user, roles, rights, cubes, dimensions how could I
get that all to my new server?
my main sqlserver database is 120 GB is on a 136 GB drive f in windows.
how could I get all these things to my new server?
Who can me say the steps?
Thanks|||If you have cubes, you'll have to back them up using the cube backup
program..
additionally you may have to change the datasource property in Analysis
services ( if you are changing the server name.)
You may also have to change the client connectivity stuff for people who
connect to the server ( if the server name is changing..)
Wayne Snyder, MCDBA, SQL Server MVP
Mariner, Charlotte, NC
www.mariner-usa.com
(Please respond only to the newsgroups.)
I support the Professional Association of SQL Server (PASS) and it's
community of SQL Server professionals.
www.sqlpass.org
"Hubert Mayr" <huma1@.gmx.net> wrote in message
news:1091784043.72762@.news.liwest.at...
> Hi!
> I have a sqlserver 2000 (windows 2000 server) running and my machine is
now
> too slow.
> So I want to buy a new one (dualprocessor) and transfer my database to
that
> server.
> I have a lot of dts jobs, user, roles, rights, cubes, dimensions how could
I
> get that all to my new server?
> my main sqlserver database is 120 GB is on a 136 GB drive f in windows.
> how could I get all these things to my new server?
> Who can me say the steps?
> Thanks
>

New Hardware

I have found a couple of web sites that discuss moving a sql server and its
database from one machine to another but nothing in good detail.
I have also looked out on the Knowledgebase and have found nothing as of
yet. I know there has to be some articles on this.
Anybody have a link to one?
Paul Bergson
In your Knowledge Base search you missed:
HOW TO: Move Databases Between Computers That Are Running SQL Server
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q314546
Jacco Schalkwijk
SQL Server MVP
"Paul Bergson" <pbergson_nospam@.allete.com> wrote in message
news:ueLrT3zSFHA.2128@.TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>I have found a couple of web sites that discuss moving a sql server and its
> database from one machine to another but nothing in good detail.
> I have also looked out on the Knowledgebase and have found nothing as of
> yet. I know there has to be some articles on this.
> Anybody have a link to one?
> --
> Paul Bergson
>
>
|||Actually this isn't what I need this is to move individual db's not the
entire system. It is required that I move all the system db's as well.
Paul Bergson
"Jacco Schalkwijk" <jacco.please.reply@.to.newsgroups.mvps.org.invalid > wrote
in message news:e3TqbC0SFHA.3184@.TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...[vbcol=seagreen]
> In your Knowledge Base search you missed:
> HOW TO: Move Databases Between Computers That Are Running SQL Server
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q314546
>
> --
> Jacco Schalkwijk
> SQL Server MVP
>
> "Paul Bergson" <pbergson_nospam@.allete.com> wrote in message
> news:ueLrT3zSFHA.2128@.TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
its
>
|||Please clarify...
moving a few user databases OR all the databases (system and user)?
"Paul Bergson" <pbergson_nospam@.allete.com> wrote in message
news:u8PWyq0SFHA.3684@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Actually this isn't what I need this is to move individual db's not the
> entire system. It is required that I move all the system db's as well.
> --
|||1. backup your DBs on first server
2. restore your DBs on second server
3. on second server create user accounts that you wanted to transferred from
first server to second server
4. in each DB run sp_change_users_login 'Update_One' to map each database
user (select * from sysusers) to the new accts you just created in step 3.
You can write a cursor to run dynamically.
hth,
"Paul Bergson" <pbergson_nospam@.allete.com> wrote in message
news:u8PWyq0SFHA.3684@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Actually this isn't what I need this is to move individual db's not the
> entire system. It is required that I move all the system db's as well.
> --
> Paul Bergson
>
> "Jacco Schalkwijk" <jacco.please.reply@.to.newsgroups.mvps.org.invalid >
> wrote
> in message news:e3TqbC0SFHA.3184@.TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> its
>
|||Go to google groups and search this NG for "move system database". IIRC,
Andrew Kelly has posted a rather complete list of links that cover this
frequently asked topic.
"Paul Bergson" <pbergson_nospam@.allete.com> wrote in message
news:u8PWyq0SFHA.3684@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Actually this isn't what I need this is to move individual db's not the
> entire system. It is required that I move all the system db's as well.
> --
> Paul Bergson
>
> "Jacco Schalkwijk" <jacco.please.reply@.to.newsgroups.mvps.org.invalid >
wrote[vbcol=seagreen]
> in message news:e3TqbC0SFHA.3184@.TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> its
of
>
|||New hardware. Retiring the old sql server. I need to move everything...
Paul Bergson
"CD" <mcdye1@.hotmail.REMOVETHIS.com> wrote in message
news:#Nr$t#0SFHA.3636@.TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Please clarify...
> moving a few user databases OR all the databases (system and user)?
>
> "Paul Bergson" <pbergson_nospam@.allete.com> wrote in message
> news:u8PWyq0SFHA.3684@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>

New Hardware

I have found a couple of web sites that discuss moving a sql server and its
database from one machine to another but nothing in good detail.
I have also looked out on the Knowledgebase and have found nothing as of
yet. I know there has to be some articles on this.
Anybody have a link to one?
Paul BergsonIn your Knowledge Base search you missed:
HOW TO: Move Databases Between Computers That Are Running SQL Server
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...b;en-us;Q314546
Jacco Schalkwijk
SQL Server MVP
"Paul Bergson" <pbergson_nospam@.allete.com> wrote in message
news:ueLrT3zSFHA.2128@.TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>I have found a couple of web sites that discuss moving a sql server and its
> database from one machine to another but nothing in good detail.
> I have also looked out on the Knowledgebase and have found nothing as of
> yet. I know there has to be some articles on this.
> Anybody have a link to one?
> --
> Paul Bergson
>
>|||Actually this isn't what I need this is to move individual db's not the
entire system. It is required that I move all the system db's as well.
Paul Bergson
"Jacco Schalkwijk" <jacco.please.reply@.to.newsgroups.mvps.org.invalid> wrote
in message news:e3TqbC0SFHA.3184@.TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> In your Knowledge Base search you missed:
> HOW TO: Move Databases Between Computers That Are Running SQL Server
> http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...b;en-us;Q314546
>
> --
> Jacco Schalkwijk
> SQL Server MVP
>
> "Paul Bergson" <pbergson_nospam@.allete.com> wrote in message
> news:ueLrT3zSFHA.2128@.TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
its[vbcol=seagreen]
>|||Please clarify...
moving a few user databases OR all the databases (system and user)?
"Paul Bergson" <pbergson_nospam@.allete.com> wrote in message
news:u8PWyq0SFHA.3684@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Actually this isn't what I need this is to move individual db's not the
> entire system. It is required that I move all the system db's as well.
> --|||1. backup your DBs on first server
2. restore your DBs on second server
3. on second server create user accounts that you wanted to transferred from
first server to second server
4. in each DB run sp_change_users_login 'Update_One' to map each database
user (select * from sysusers) to the new accts you just created in step 3.
You can write a cursor to run dynamically.
hth,
"Paul Bergson" <pbergson_nospam@.allete.com> wrote in message
news:u8PWyq0SFHA.3684@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Actually this isn't what I need this is to move individual db's not the
> entire system. It is required that I move all the system db's as well.
> --
> Paul Bergson
>
> "Jacco Schalkwijk" <jacco.please.reply@.to.newsgroups.mvps.org.invalid>
> wrote
> in message news:e3TqbC0SFHA.3184@.TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> its
>|||Go to google groups and search this NG for "move system database". IIRC,
Andrew Kelly has posted a rather complete list of links that cover this
frequently asked topic.
"Paul Bergson" <pbergson_nospam@.allete.com> wrote in message
news:u8PWyq0SFHA.3684@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Actually this isn't what I need this is to move individual db's not the
> entire system. It is required that I move all the system db's as well.
> --
> Paul Bergson
>
> "Jacco Schalkwijk" <jacco.please.reply@.to.newsgroups.mvps.org.invalid>
wrote
> in message news:e3TqbC0SFHA.3184@.TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> its
of[vbcol=seagreen]
>|||New hardware. Retiring the old sql server. I need to move everything...
Paul Bergson
"CD" <mcdye1@.hotmail.REMOVETHIS.com> wrote in message
news:#Nr$t#0SFHA.3636@.TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Please clarify...
> moving a few user databases OR all the databases (system and user)?
>
> "Paul Bergson" <pbergson_nospam@.allete.com> wrote in message
> news:u8PWyq0SFHA.3684@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>

New Hardware

I have found a couple of web sites that discuss moving a sql server and its
database from one machine to another but nothing in good detail.
I have also looked out on the Knowledgebase and have found nothing as of
yet. I know there has to be some articles on this.
Anybody have a link to one?
--
Paul BergsonIn your Knowledge Base search you missed:
HOW TO: Move Databases Between Computers That Are Running SQL Server
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q314546
Jacco Schalkwijk
SQL Server MVP
"Paul Bergson" <pbergson_nospam@.allete.com> wrote in message
news:ueLrT3zSFHA.2128@.TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>I have found a couple of web sites that discuss moving a sql server and its
> database from one machine to another but nothing in good detail.
> I have also looked out on the Knowledgebase and have found nothing as of
> yet. I know there has to be some articles on this.
> Anybody have a link to one?
> --
> Paul Bergson
>
>|||Actually this isn't what I need this is to move individual db's not the
entire system. It is required that I move all the system db's as well.
--
Paul Bergson
"Jacco Schalkwijk" <jacco.please.reply@.to.newsgroups.mvps.org.invalid> wrote
in message news:e3TqbC0SFHA.3184@.TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> In your Knowledge Base search you missed:
> HOW TO: Move Databases Between Computers That Are Running SQL Server
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q314546
>
> --
> Jacco Schalkwijk
> SQL Server MVP
>
> "Paul Bergson" <pbergson_nospam@.allete.com> wrote in message
> news:ueLrT3zSFHA.2128@.TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> >I have found a couple of web sites that discuss moving a sql server and
its
> > database from one machine to another but nothing in good detail.
> >
> > I have also looked out on the Knowledgebase and have found nothing as of
> > yet. I know there has to be some articles on this.
> >
> > Anybody have a link to one?
> >
> > --
> >
> > Paul Bergson
> >
> >
> >
>|||Please clarify...
moving a few user databases OR all the databases (system and user)?
"Paul Bergson" <pbergson_nospam@.allete.com> wrote in message
news:u8PWyq0SFHA.3684@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Actually this isn't what I need this is to move individual db's not the
> entire system. It is required that I move all the system db's as well.
> --|||1. backup your DBs on first server
2. restore your DBs on second server
3. on second server create user accounts that you wanted to transferred from
first server to second server
4. in each DB run sp_change_users_login 'Update_One' to map each database
user (select * from sysusers) to the new accts you just created in step 3.
You can write a cursor to run dynamically.
hth,
"Paul Bergson" <pbergson_nospam@.allete.com> wrote in message
news:u8PWyq0SFHA.3684@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Actually this isn't what I need this is to move individual db's not the
> entire system. It is required that I move all the system db's as well.
> --
> Paul Bergson
>
> "Jacco Schalkwijk" <jacco.please.reply@.to.newsgroups.mvps.org.invalid>
> wrote
> in message news:e3TqbC0SFHA.3184@.TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> In your Knowledge Base search you missed:
>> HOW TO: Move Databases Between Computers That Are Running SQL Server
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q314546
>>
>> --
>> Jacco Schalkwijk
>> SQL Server MVP
>>
>> "Paul Bergson" <pbergson_nospam@.allete.com> wrote in message
>> news:ueLrT3zSFHA.2128@.TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> >I have found a couple of web sites that discuss moving a sql server and
> its
>> > database from one machine to another but nothing in good detail.
>> >
>> > I have also looked out on the Knowledgebase and have found nothing as
>> > of
>> > yet. I know there has to be some articles on this.
>> >
>> > Anybody have a link to one?
>> >
>> > --
>> >
>> > Paul Bergson
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>|||Go to google groups and search this NG for "move system database". IIRC,
Andrew Kelly has posted a rather complete list of links that cover this
frequently asked topic.
"Paul Bergson" <pbergson_nospam@.allete.com> wrote in message
news:u8PWyq0SFHA.3684@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Actually this isn't what I need this is to move individual db's not the
> entire system. It is required that I move all the system db's as well.
> --
> Paul Bergson
>
> "Jacco Schalkwijk" <jacco.please.reply@.to.newsgroups.mvps.org.invalid>
wrote
> in message news:e3TqbC0SFHA.3184@.TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> > In your Knowledge Base search you missed:
> >
> > HOW TO: Move Databases Between Computers That Are Running SQL Server
> > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q314546
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jacco Schalkwijk
> > SQL Server MVP
> >
> >
> > "Paul Bergson" <pbergson_nospam@.allete.com> wrote in message
> > news:ueLrT3zSFHA.2128@.TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> > >I have found a couple of web sites that discuss moving a sql server and
> its
> > > database from one machine to another but nothing in good detail.
> > >
> > > I have also looked out on the Knowledgebase and have found nothing as
of
> > > yet. I know there has to be some articles on this.
> > >
> > > Anybody have a link to one?
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Paul Bergson
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>|||New hardware. Retiring the old sql server. I need to move everything...
--
Paul Bergson
"CD" <mcdye1@.hotmail.REMOVETHIS.com> wrote in message
news:#Nr$t#0SFHA.3636@.TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Please clarify...
> moving a few user databases OR all the databases (system and user)?
>
> "Paul Bergson" <pbergson_nospam@.allete.com> wrote in message
> news:u8PWyq0SFHA.3684@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > Actually this isn't what I need this is to move individual db's not the
> > entire system. It is required that I move all the system db's as well.
> >
> > --
>