Remote Mirror Replication

Remote mirror replication is illustrated in Figure 6–1. Data from the master volume of the primary disk is replicated to the master volume of the secondary disk through a TCP/IP connection. A remote mirror bitmap tracks differences between the master volume on the primary disk and the master volume on the secondary disk.

Figure 6–1 Remote Mirror Replication

Remote mirror replication can be performed synchronously in real time, or asynchronously. Each volume set in each cluster can be configured individually, for synchronous replication or asynchronous replication.

• In synchronous data replication, a write operation is not confirmed as complete until the remote volume has been updated.

• In asynchronous data replication, a write operation is confirmed as complete before the remote volume is updated. Asynchronous data replication provides greater flexibility over long distances and low bandwidth.