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Chapter 2 About Universal Replicator Operations 1-3
Hitachi Universal Replicator for IBM /OS User’s Guide
Features
Hitachi Universal Replicator provides the following key features:
• Heterogeneous Storage System Support
– Used with the Universal Storage Platform or Network Storage
Controller, Universal Replicator software enables storage management
and disaster recovery in heterogeneous systems, providing maximum
flexibility and support of enterprise-class environments.
– Universal Replicator software supports any storage connected to a
Universal Storage Platform or Network Storage Controller, permitting
data to be copied from any supported device to any other supported
device, regardless of operating system or protocol differences. This
ensures maximum flexibility for data distribution as well as increased
storage utilization and failover options.
• More Efficient Replication
– Universal Replicator software uses asynchronous replication driven by
the remote site to minimize impact on primary production systems and
takes advantage of journaling rather than cache files to mitigate the
high resource usage of other asynchronous approaches.
– Storage usage on the Universal Storage Platform or Network Storage
Controller can be minimal, just enough for the journals.
– Limited use of cache leaves cache for production application usage,
further restoring primary site storage to its intended role as a
transaction processing resource, not a replication engine.
– Advanced three data center capabilities provide a choice of cascade or
multi-target configurations (teams with TrueCopy Synchronous software
for advanced configurations).
– Consistency groups can span multiple storage systems for large
enterprise-class applications requiring unmatched scalability and data
integrity.
Note: Please check with your Hitachi Data Systems representative for detailed
feature availability information.