Does log shipping affect performance?

What are the benefits of log shipping?

Advantages of Log ShippingEasy setup. Log shipping can be configured by using the Database Maintenance Plan Wizard. ... Standby databases can be available for read-only queries. In some environments, standby servers are used for reporting. ... Low maintenance. ... Multiple standby servers can be configured.Advantages of Log Shipping - SQL Server - InformIT

Is log shipping a disaster recovery?

Typically, log shipping is used as a disaster recovery option which is implemented at many organizations due to its simplicity among many other factors.

Is log shipping high availability?

The SQL Server Log Shipping is a database level high availability solution, that fits the less mission critical databases with flexible recovery point and recovery time.

Does full backup affect log shipping?

You can take diffs or full backups on your Primary server and it doesn't affect the LSN and therefore does not interfere with the log shipping process as long as the logs are restored in order. I personally recommend you to take full backups of your Primary database.