Question

I have two SQL Server 2008 databases called Anna and Bob.

• Bob has to pull and transform data from Anna to keep updated
  his tables.
• Ideally Bob will be
  always synchronized with Anna,
  but some delay would be acceptable.

What is the best way to do this?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Use SSIS (SQL Server Integration Services) to regularly update Bob. Use proper SQL Mechanisms so the SSIS task can know which data to touch (only), like change timestamps.

This is a pretty standard Data Warehouse scenario. SSIS was made to support those.