Remote Distributor question

sql2k sp3
BoxA Publisher.
BoxB Subscriber. To be used for reporting.
I want the processing drain of Replication to be done on
BoxB. So I was thinking of putting the Distributor on BoxB
and using a Push Subscription.
Do any of you gurus see any problems with my idea?
TIA, Chris?
Reporting services chews up a lot of cycles. You might find it better to
keep the distributor on the publisher.
The point you start to move the distributor off the publisher is when you
start to get significant locking on your distribution database.
Hilary Cotter
Looking for a book on SQL Server replication?
http://www.nwsu.com/0974973602.html
"ChrisR" <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> sql2k sp3
> BoxA Publisher.
> BoxB Subscriber. To be used for reporting.
> I want the processing drain of Replication to be done on
> BoxB. So I was thinking of putting the Distributor on BoxB
> and using a Push Subscription.
> Do any of you gurus see any problems with my idea?
> TIA, Chris?
|||>Reporting services chews up a lot of cycles.
My bad. I wont be using actual Reporting Services.
You might find it better to
>keep the distributor on the publisher.
>The point you start to move the distributor off the
publisher is when you
>start to get significant locking on your distribution
database.
>
Why is this? Why do people do it then?

>--Original Message--
>Reporting services chews up a lot of cycles. You might
find it better to
>keep the distributor on the publisher.
>The point you start to move the distributor off the
publisher is when you
>start to get significant locking on your distribution
database.
>--
>Hilary Cotter
>Looking for a book on SQL Server replication?
>http://www.nwsu.com/0974973602.html
>
>"ChrisR" <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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|||Well, most people do it to reduce the load on the Publisher. The question is
when should you do it, and there is no real rule of thumb, at least as far
as I am aware.
The deciding factor for me is when you experience locking in your
distribution database.
Hilary Cotter
Looking for a book on SQL Server replication?
http://www.nwsu.com/0974973602.html
"ChrisR" <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> My bad. I wont be using actual Reporting Services.
> You might find it better to
> publisher is when you
> database.
> Why is this? Why do people do it then?
> find it better to
> publisher is when you
> database.
> message
> BoxB