We use SQL Server 2008 Express to customers sites. We need to maintain a backup to our portal. We first take a full backup from each customer site and then restore it to our portal. Then, on a regular basis, we need to restore to our portal only the changes made to customers dbs. So, we need to take the changes made after full backup or after the last restore and 'play' them to our portal db. The customers do not have continuous internet connections, they run on Vessels, so the backup file should be as small as possible, so they can send it when a connection is available within the day. The connection is available only few minutes per day. We need the db to the portal to be on line. And of course sync with the db to Vessels.
In general:
- SQL Server 2008 express
- We can copy only small files
- SQL Server 2008 to portal sync with db to customer
- DB to portal should be on line after restore
Are there any other options?