SQL Server linked server performance

Question

I am using SQL Server 2008 Enterprise. And I am using Linked Server technologies to link another SQL Server 2008 Enterprise instance from another server. I write TSQL to manipul

Answer 1

It depends on what you are doing.

If you are running queries that join between tables in the two server instances, and transferring large amounts of data, then you have a bottleneck that you need to be aware of.

If the servers are on their own subnet with a 1GB link, then you should not have to worry a great deal. I would be concerned if the two servers are connected by a shared, slow link.