{"id":778,"date":"2009-10-14T20:27:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-14T20:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/blogs\/paul\/post\/Things-to-consider-when-setting-up-database-mirroring.aspx"},"modified":"2017-04-13T09:51:37","modified_gmt":"2017-04-13T16:51:37","slug":"things-to-consider-when-setting-up-database-mirroring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/things-to-consider-when-setting-up-database-mirroring\/","title":{"rendered":"Things to consider when setting up database mirroring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Over the last week or so I&#39;ve been helping the Product Support folks at Microsoft write a new KB article which discusses some of the things you should take into consideration when setting up database mirroring.<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">It discusses memory, CPU, I\/O bandwidth, network bandwidth, and transaction volume. One of the most interesting things it discusses is exactly how many worker threads are required on the principal and mirror for each mirrored database.<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Check it out at: <\/font><a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/kb\/2001270\"><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/kb\/2001270<\/font><\/a><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;(the formatting looks a little weird in the final online version, assuming they&#39;ll fix that up).<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Enjoy!<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last week or so I&#39;ve been helping the Product Support folks at Microsoft write a new KB article which discusses some of the things you should take into consideration when setting up database mirroring. It discusses memory, CPU, I\/O bandwidth, network bandwidth, and transaction volume. 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