Hi dynamox,

I initially asked about vRPA's when the RP/XtremIO solution was released and was informed it was not supported with iSCSI back to the the XtremIO's. That was about 2 months ago and not sure if the stance has changed. With that being said, it could just be an RPQ route now. I would suggest to post this query in the RP ECN space as those CSE's will be able to field the question and any follow-up that can be discussed.

In your situation, I have had to deal with that a couple times and utilize host-based methods all but once (where the customer had physical RP running and it was a CDP copy).

HTH,

-Keith

vRPAs are not supported with XtremIO. There is no way to configure storage using IP.

Thanks Avi, so what are my options then ?   You guys are taking your sweet time with native replication.

I cannot really comment on the roadmap items in this forum, but at this time the host based options are the only ones available (for the scenario mentioned above).

Sounds like there are no options unless you go host based.

I also do not believe native replication is planned; that's what RP is for.

host based is not an option and if native is not planned your competitor  in orange socks will continue to eat your lunch.

What's your concern with a RecoverPoint based replication?

investment $$$ into infrastructure that i don't have.

>investment $$$ into infrastructure that i don't have.

That's a concept that EMC chooses to not understand.

You're already spending a ton of money on the most expensive price/tb array on the market; asking someone to spend another 100k+ to add RP blows my mind.