Replication: Merge Performance Tip
Problem :
Publisher: SQL Server 2008
Subscriber: SQL Server Compact 3.5
Merge Replication
Performance issue when using keep_partition_changes or precomputed partitions
Cause :
There could be many causes to this and analysis would have to be done however sometimes it may be due to missing indexes.
Solution/Workaround :
In a test environment, use the following indexes and verify performance:
CREATE NONCLUSTERED INDEX [<Name of Missing Index, sysname,>]
ON [dbo].[MSmerge_current_partition_mappings] ([partition_id])
INCLUDE ([rowguid])
GO
//--//
-- changed and new indexes on system tables
DROP INDEX nc5MSmerge_contents ON MSmerge_contents
CREATE NONCLUSTERED INDEX [NCL_marker] ON [dbo].[MSmerge_contents] ([marker], rowguid)
CREATE NONCLUSTERED INDEX [NCL_partition_id_rowguid] ON [dbo].MSmerge_current_partition_mappings (partition_id, [rowguid])
-- update statistics on system tables
update statistics MSmerge_current_partition_mappings with fullscan
update statistics MSmerge_contents with fullscan
update statistics MSmerge_partition_groups with fullscan
-- update statistics on all tables involved in join filters
update statistics <table name> with fullscan