Explain the purpose of synchronization feature provided in Analysis Services 2005

Answer 1

Purpose of Synchronization in SSAS is for cloing the SSAS DB. This is a mainly useful in Load balanced environment.

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Answer 2

Synchronization feature is used to copy database from one source server to a destination server. While the synchronization is in progress, users can still browse the cubes. Once the synchronization is complete, the user is redirected to the new Synchronized database.