Typically you'd install some type of FCIP router to replicate data between fabrics separated by long distances. I use Brocade 7500s to provide data migration between several fabrics split between two locations.
That's understood and that's what I used at our other sites. But at this particular site, we don't have any FCIP capability. So I guess I am out of luck excepting for using tape backup to recover/copy the data?
Talk to your ISP and see if they have any solutions for extending your fabric between sites. We investigated a similar solution and it was only going to require the purchase of single mode transceivers for our McData switches to connect to the telco equipment. I would carefully consider what the impact might be. Unless you have a multi-gbit connection between sites, your data replication will almost certainly saturate your link. The benefit of an FCIP (or similar) solution is the ability to throttle bandwidth utilization.
I run MV/A and SAN copy over the iSCSI ports on CX4's - If you have a cx3-20c, that might be an option though I don't know if using the iscsi ports plays well across different generations. I have some MDS9216i's that we used for SAN copy in the past that I replaced with some 4Gbit switches. I don't know if the rules changed on the CX4 but I believe on the CX3 if you were using MV you can't/wasn't recommended to use those ports for host traffic.
Another option would be RecoverPoint though I'm not that familiar with the details going between generations.
Sean-t_UvC
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March 30th, 2011 08:00
Typically you'd install some type of FCIP router to replicate data between fabrics separated by long distances. I use Brocade 7500s to provide data migration between several fabrics split between two locations.
LMT1
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March 30th, 2011 08:00
That's understood and that's what I used at our other sites. But at this particular site, we don't have any FCIP capability. So I guess I am out of luck excepting for using tape backup to recover/copy the data?
Any other ideas?
Sean-t_UvC
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March 30th, 2011 08:00
Talk to your ISP and see if they have any solutions for extending your fabric between sites. We investigated a similar solution and it was only going to require the purchase of single mode transceivers for our McData switches to connect to the telco equipment. I would carefully consider what the impact might be. Unless you have a multi-gbit connection between sites, your data replication will almost certainly saturate your link. The benefit of an FCIP (or similar) solution is the ability to throttle bandwidth utilization.
DanJost
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March 30th, 2011 08:00
I run MV/A and SAN copy over the iSCSI ports on CX4's - If you have a cx3-20c, that might be an option though I don't know if using the iscsi ports plays well across different generations. I have some MDS9216i's that we used for SAN copy in the past that I replaced with some 4Gbit switches. I don't know if the rules changed on the CX4 but I believe on the CX3 if you were using MV you can't/wasn't recommended to use those ports for host traffic.
Another option would be RecoverPoint though I'm not that familiar with the details going between generations.
Dan
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You could use host based software like EMC RepliStor