I'm thinking about setting up Synchronization using a topology that differs from what is shown in the documentation and I want to know if it will work.

We have three servers: Import, Staging, and Production. We will be importing content from our old site into the Import server (we are doing this one department at a time). The new content will be synchronized to the Staging Server. The staging server is where our editors work, adding content and new pages. The staging server then synchronizes to the Production server.

So we only need one bi-directional server. Only the Staging and Production server need to be identical. The Import server will only have the content of the department we are currently importing. Once it's on Staging, it will be deleted from the Import server and then we will import another department.

Import: Source only
Staging: Source and Destination
Production: Source only.

Is this setup possible and reasonable? What would we need to do? If not how would you recommend setting it up?

We want to avoid importing directly to the Staging server in case there is a problem with our import code.

Thanks,
Scott