Hi Guys ,
Sorry I may be asking a very basic and probably a duplicate question on the forum but I do have a doubt on the log shipping. When we setup log shipping we need to define a shared storage area for the log file backup to be kept for the secondary server to pick. I have a database that is 600GB+ in allocated space. Now when I first setup the log shipping there is the option of doing the database backup and restore from within the wizard. My queries are based on this option:
1. Is it recommended to use this option to create the Secondary DR instance ?
2. What is the performance impact of the above.
3. If in the case I enable and setup the Log Shipping on an empty Instance and then I run the data import into the primary database, will it affect the import speed ?
4. If we use this option what should be the size of the shared disk where the backup of the log files are to be kept. Should this shared disk be 600GB+ for the first time and then just enough to keep log file backups based on the policy followed by customer.
Thanks & regards
Ravinder
Ravinder