Optimising Database Mirroring over WAN
- by blakmk
I recently got asked by our network guys about
botlenecks in the WAN that used for mirroring to our DR I site. They asked me to
turn off encryption of Database Mirroring so that the riverbed
software they were using could optimise the packets sent over the WAN.
I was a bit sceptical at first about the security risks,
but it seems the riverbed software has its own form of obfuscation making the
packets difficult to read.
After reading an article by rusanu
I realised that it could be done with minimal downtime and potential reducing
network traffic by 5-10% on its own.
After turning off encryption I was pleasantly suprised
to see that overall network traffic for mirroring dropped by a whopping
75%!
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