Better yet:

Take your full backups on SERVER1/AppDb and copy them to a central repository location, say Loc1.

Take your txn-log backups on SERVER1/AppDb and copy them regularly to a central repository...

The reporting and data entry components are all part of the same application and are not separate components. We're essentially duplicating the application: one instance (SERVER1/AppDb) will be for...

Thanks for the responses, guys.

AFAIK, mirroring requires SQL Enterprise Edition, whereas Log Shipping does not. Can anyone clarify this? I think they'd rather not have to...