I need to establish an offsite copy of a number of production servers, including SQL server.
Hyper V replication has been chosen as a simple solution (all servers are virtual). This is to supplement offsite backup for disaster scenarios. We do not need instant failover, mirroring or any advanced setup, just a reasonably recent copy of the most critical data and systems.
Hyper V replication looks simple, set-and-forget (just make sure to put tempdbs on a non-replicated VHD, set flags to maintaing write order across VHDs). But I am still concerned of efficiency and robustness, and thinking that a simple log shipping setup might be better, easier on the bandwith (would not need to replicate anything but the logs)
Any opinions or insight on what (when) to choose one over the other would be welcome