Microsoft® SQL Server 2008 R2 Unleashed

DSS Example Three

This last example features a multitechnology hybrid data reporting solution that provides real-time reporting along with point-in-time reporting for a major healthcare organization in the Pacific Northwest. This solution starts with real-time data replication from its online transactional systems where all hospital transactions are taking place. This includes patient events, medications administered, surgeries done, hospital charges, and so on. By distributing this data to a highly available two-node SQL Cluster, the hospital is able to realize all its real-time reporting requirements that center around providing all known information for a particular patient in the hospital at any time. Figure 3.6 shows this OLTP-to-SQL cluster ...