Question

We have an application which gets the data from a MS SQL database residing on a server in the headquarter over an internet connection.

Now the problem is that the data is pretty large which makes the query to take large time to transfer the data from the head quarter to the client.

Does SQL provide anything method to speed up queries if your application is geographically separated from the database (e.g. zipping up the data before it starts to transfer) ?

Answer 1

Following quotes from a similar question might provide you with some pointers.

There is never a reason to return a
large result to start with. For those
particular scenarios that need large
amounts of data shipped to the client,
there are better solutions than T-SQL
queries (log shipping, service broker,
replication).

and

You have a couple options that I am
aware of:

1. Use a third party tool like SQLNitro.
2. Move to Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 where they have made
   various TCP stack improvements, as
   outlined here: Appendix A: A Closer
   Look – Examining the Enhancements in
   Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server
   2008 That Enable Faster Performance