Users Guide

Replication Options

Use the Replication Options page to select options for replicating a datastore.

• Replication Type – Select one of the following types:

• Replication, Asynchronous

• Replication, Synchronous – High Availability

• Replication, Synchronous – High Consistency

• Live Volume, Asynchronous

• Live Volume, Synchronous – High Availability

• Live Volume, Synchronous – High Consistency

For information about these replication types, see the Dell Storage Manager Administrator’s Guide.

• Replication Settings – Select among the following fields:

• QoS Definition – Select a Quality of Service (QoS) definition for the replication. For information about creating or modifying QoS

definitions, see the Dell Storage Manager Administrator’s Guide.

• Replicate Active Replay – Select this checkbox to copy all writes from the active snapshot area of the volume. Note that

replicating active snapshots can require significant bandwidth.

• Deduplication – Select this checkbox to copy only the changed portions of the snapshot history on the source volume, rather

than all data captured in each snapshot.

• Replication Target Location – Select the location on the destination Storage Center for the replicated volume:

• Disk Folder – If your storage system contains multiple disk folders, select a Disk Folder from the drop-down menu, then select

either:

• Duplicate Source – To duplicate the source folder

• Use Selected – To use the selected disk folder

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