The Sun Cluster Geographic Edition software does not limit the distance between partner clusters. Partner clusters require data replication connections to support the protection groups that are hosted by the partnership. Partner clusters must be compatibly configured to support data replication between the clusters.
The Sun Cluster Geographic Edition product supports replication from a single-node cluster to a single-node cluster, from a multinode cluster to a single-node cluster, and from a multinode cluster to a multinode cluster. Primary clusters and secondary clusters can have any configuration that is supported by the Sun Cluster product if the data replication characteristics of these clusters are compatible. The level of compatibility varies with each data replication product.
The following requirements determine the data replication connection:
The distance between the partner clusters
The amount of data that is being replicated
Data replication configuration parameters
The Sun Cluster Geographic Edition product enables you to balance between data consistency and the cost of the connection, where data consistency is the acceptable amount of data loss.
The following figure illustrates a data replication configuration from a two-node cluster to a single-node cluster.