File Replicator (VFR) enables cost-effective periodic replication of data over IP networks, giving organizations an extremely flexible storage independent data availability solution for disaster recovery and off-host processing. With flexibility of scheduling the replication intervals to match the business requirements, File Replicator tracks all updates to the file system and replicates these updates at the end of the configured time interval. VFR leverages data deduplication provided by Veritas File System (VxFS) to reduce the impact that replication can have on scarce network resources. VFR is included, by default, with Virtual Store 6.0 on Linux and is available as an option with Storage Foundation and associated products on Linux.