About replication technologies used in disaster recovery of applications
For a successful disaster recovery operation of applications, you need to ensure that the data is synchronized between the primary and the secondary data centers. This is achieved using data replication.
The following tables list the supported configurations based on array replication and clustering:
Table: Supported configurations using EMC Symmetrix Remote Data Facility (SRDF) and RecoverPoint replication
Operating System
|
Type of host |
Clustering |
Supported |
Windows
|
Hyper-V virtual machine |
Microsoft Failover Custering (MS FoC) |
No |
Windows
|
VMware virtual machine |
MS FoC |
No |
Windows
|
Physical systems |
MS FoC |
Yes |
Windows
|
Hyper-V virtual machine |
Non - MS FoC |
Yes |
Windows
|
VMware virtual machine |
Non - MS FoC |
Yes |
Windows
|
Physical systems |
Non - MS FoC |
Yes |
Linux
|
Hyper-V virtual machine |
NA |
No |
Linux
|
VMware virtual machine |
NA |
Yes |
Linux
|
Physical systems |
NA |
Yes |
Table: Supported configurations using NetApp SnapMirror replication
Operating System
|
Type of host |
Supported |
Linux
|
Hyper-V virtual machine |
No |
Linux
|
VMware virtual machine |
Yes |
Linux
|
Physical systems |
Yes |