The only way to get data on the SAN to the NAS is through a host. SecureCopy, EMCopy, RoboCopy, etc. can be used.
One product that is very good at consolidating/distributing data is OnCourse. It can be used to pull data from multiple sources to one central location, or distributing data from one source to multiple destinations. Information on this product is available on Powerlink.
RainFinity can also be used, but in general, it applies to DFS/GNS environments were the actual location of the data is hidden from the general users.
RecoverPoint cannot be used to get data to or from a NAS unit at this time. It is only for Fiber Channel SAN to Fiber Channel SAN replication...
sounds like what you should really do is to eliminate step 2:
1. File Data is stored in FS on remote office servers 2. BLOCK Data that makes up the FS is then replicated to Consolidation server 3. File data stored on Consolidation Server is replicated to Celera
Why not replicate the file data directly to the Celera instead of to the Consolidation Server?
Can't use Doubletake for this, but maybe use Peersync or some similar FILE-Replication software instead of Doubletake/Replistor or other BLOCK-replication software....
Better yet, figure out if you can consolidate all of your data back to the primary datacenter, probably on the Celera, and use cisco-WAFS, Brocade/Tacit FAN, Riverbed, or some other way to make the data in the primary datacenter Celera seem local to the users in remote offices.
Duane_Olson
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August 15th, 2007 14:00
One product that is very good at consolidating/distributing data is OnCourse. It can be used to pull data from multiple sources to one central location, or distributing data from one source to multiple destinations. Information on this product is available on Powerlink.
RainFinity can also be used, but in general, it applies to DFS/GNS environments were the actual location of the data is hidden from the general users.
RecoverPoint cannot be used to get data to or from a NAS unit at this time. It is only for Fiber Channel SAN to Fiber Channel SAN replication...
Bowling1
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August 16th, 2007 06:00
Thanks for the information. We are looking for more of an automated replication solution (as close to real-time as possible).
We started taking a closer look at Replistor as a possible candidate and I'll give OnCourse a peek as well.
Thanks again.
dczech
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November 14th, 2007 10:00
1. File Data is stored in FS on remote office servers
2. BLOCK Data that makes up the FS is then replicated to Consolidation server
3. File data stored on Consolidation Server is replicated to Celera
Why not replicate the file data directly to the Celera instead of to the Consolidation Server?
Can't use Doubletake for this, but maybe use Peersync or some similar FILE-Replication software instead of Doubletake/Replistor or other BLOCK-replication software....
Better yet, figure out if you can consolidate all of your data back to the primary datacenter, probably on the Celera, and use cisco-WAFS, Brocade/Tacit FAN, Riverbed, or some other way to make the data in the primary datacenter Celera seem local to the users in remote offices.