log shipping to 2 different servers

[timscronin]

I have a solution where I have 3 servers to setup in a log shipping environment. The primary and first failover are located at the same location. The 3rd failover is across a slow LAN link. Haven't done it, but inside the wizard can you designate more than 1 server. Also, I have seen back and forth arguments over where the log shipping monitor should reside. With the budget I can't afford a box to just sit there and run the log shipping. Would i be better off putting the log shipping monitor on the standby server that is located at the facility? We have one client where I have the log shipping running on the primary, and the performance impact is non-exsistent.

 

[Corran007]

Its not really a matter of performance, but of that you proably want it running at all times, even if something happens so you can still monitor it. I placed ours on the backup in case the primary has a meltdown.