Administrator Guide

repository volume
A volume dedicated to RecoverPoint for each RPA cluster. The repository volume serves all RPAs of the particular RPA cluster
and the splitter associated with that cluster. The repository volume stores configuration information about the RPAs and
RecoverPoint consistency groups. There is one repository volume per RPA cluster.
restore source
This operation restores the source consistency group from data on the copy target.
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scalability
Ability to easily change a system in size or configuration to suit changing conditions, to grow with your needs.
simple network management protocol (SNMP)
Monitors systems and devices in a network.
site ID
The identifier for each cluster in a multi-cluster metro node. By default, in a non-geographically distributed system the ID is 0. In
a geographically distributed system, the ID of the first cluster is 1, the next is 2, and so on, each number identifying a physically
separate cluster. These identifiers are assigned during installation.
SLES
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) is a Linux distribution supplied by SUSE and targeted at the business market.
small computer system interface (SCSI)
A set of evolving ANSI standard electronic interfaces that allow personal computers to communicate faster and more flexibly
than previous interfaces with peripheral hardware such as disk drives, tape drives, CD-ROM drives, printers, and scanners.
Snapshot/PIT
A point-in-time copy that preserves the state of data at an instant in time, by storing only those blocks that are different from
an already existing full copy of the data.
Snapshots are also referred to as point-in-time (PIT). Snapshots stored at a replica journal represent the data that has changed
on the production storage since the closing of the previous snapshot.
splitter
Dell EMC RecoverPoint write-splitting technology built into GeoSynchrony starting in 5.1.
storage area network (SAN)
A high-speed special purpose network or subnetwork that interconnects different kinds of data storage devices with associated
data servers on behalf of a larger network of users.
storage view
A combination of registered initiators (hosts), front-end ports, and virtual volumes, used to control a hosts access to storage.
storage volume
A Logical Unit Number (LUN) or unit of storage presented by the back end array.
stripe depth
The number of blocks of data stored contiguously on each storage volume in a RAID 0 device.
striping
A technique for spreading data over multiple disk drives. Disk striping can speed up operations that retrieve data from disk
storage. Data is divided into units and distributed across the available disks. RAID 0 provides disk striping.
synchronous
Describes objects or events that are coordinated in time. A process is initiated and must be completed before another task is
allowed to begin.
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