Location of transaction log on another machine

Hi,
We have SQL server 2000 enterprise edition installed on a machine with
only one hard drive. On this server we have a small but critical
database. I have noticed that the person who created this database
placed the location of the transaction log on the same machine as the
data file.
Can I move the transaction log to another machine on the network that
doesn't have SQL server installed? Will there be a performance hit if
SQL Server has to write to this log over the network? If so will it be
major?
I know ideally we should be using a RAID setup of some sort, but for
finacial and political reasons this is not an option.
Cheers,
SteveBasically, SQL Server doesn't support this. Doing it would be a big performa
nce hit for
modifications. For the full story, check out
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...kb;en-us;304261
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
"Steve" <steve.hager@.gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> We have SQL server 2000 enterprise edition installed on a machine with
> only one hard drive. On this server we have a small but critical
> database. I have noticed that the person who created this database
> placed the location of the transaction log on the same machine as the
> data file.
> Can I move the transaction log to another machine on the network that
> doesn't have SQL server installed? Will there be a performance hit if
> SQL Server has to write to this log over the network? If so will it be
> major?
> I know ideally we should be using a RAID setup of some sort, but for
> finacial and political reasons this is not an option.
> Cheers,
>
> Steve|||Steve wrote:
> Hi,
> We have SQL server 2000 enterprise edition installed on a machine with
> only one hard drive. On this server we have a small but critical
> database. I have noticed that the person who created this database
> placed the location of the transaction log on the same machine as the
> data file.
> Can I move the transaction log to another machine on the network that
> doesn't have SQL server installed? Will there be a performance hit if
> SQL Server has to write to this log over the network? If so will it be
> major?
> I know ideally we should be using a RAID setup of some sort, but for
> finacial and political reasons this is not an option.
> Cheers,
>
> Steve
How about another hard drive. That's no too much money...
If it's a small database, it'll probably be fine.
David Gugick
Imceda Software
www.imceda.com