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IBM DS8000 User Manual

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DS8000 Series: Concepts and Architecture

Figure 7-12 z/OS Metro/Global Mirror

7.2.4 Comparison of the Remote Mirror and Copy functions

In this section we summarize the use of and considerations for Remote Mirror and Copy
functions.

Metro Mirror (Synchronous PPRC)

Description

Metro Mirror is a function for synchronous data copy at a distance.

Advantages

There is no data loss and it allows for rapid recovery for distances up to 300 km.

Considerations

There may be slight performance impact for write operations.

Write
asynchronously

System
Data
Mover

Secondary server

System Data Mover is
managing data consistency

2

3

1

4

Server write

Write to secondary

Write acknowledge

Write hit
to secondary

Primary server