Writable Snapshot/SyncIQ DR site in Isilon?

Hi,

After checking all the documents I can download from Powerlink, it seems there is no way to have writable snapshot and SyncIQ DR site.

Snapshot:

From the snapshot part of , I can only find the "File clones" which share blocks with existing files in order to save space on the cluster. Do we have the "Folder clones" in Isilon(Just like Flexclone in NetApp) or writable snapshot(just like Celerra/VNX FILE)?

SyncIQ DR site:

From ,

Target protection with restricted writes—replication domains Previous versions of SynclQ strongly recommended that you restrict write permissions on target directories. This is now enforced by SynclQ via protected replication domains. As such, all writes outside of a SynclQ process are disabled on any directory that is a target for a SynclQ job. However, if you break the association between a target and a source, the target then returns to a writeable state. Resolving a broken association will force a full resynchronization to occur at the next job run. Every SynclQ policy has a direct 1:1 association with its target directory, and all sub-directories. Restricted writes prevent modification, creation, deletion, or movement of any files within the target path of a SynclQ job, and prevent movement or creation of hard links to any files into orout of the target path of a SynclQ job.

My understanding is there is NO way to make the DR writable for application test. If we touch the DR site data manually, we need a full copy. Hopefully, Isilon will provide the function like swithover in Celerra/VNX or we can manually change the state in DR site like NetApp. I know we can do failover/failback, but this is not the option for testing purpose.

Lack of the writable snapshot/DR site, we can't perform Application testing.

Thanks very much.