Oracle^® Solaris Cluster 4.3 System Administration Guide

Supported Data Replication Methods

Oracle Solaris Cluster software supports the following methods of data replication between clusters or within a cluster:

• Replication Between Clusters – For disaster recovery using Oracle Solaris Cluster Geographic Edition software, you can use host-based, application-based, or storage-based replication to perform data replication between clusters. You can manage all supported types of replication with Geographic Edition software.

  Alternatively, you can use the Availability Suite feature of Oracle Solaris to perform data replication between clusters without also using Geographic Edition software. For more information, see Deployment Example: Configuring Host-Based Data Replication Between Clusters With Availability Suite Software.

  Type of Replication Supported Data Replication Products Host-Based Replication Availability Suite feature of Oracle Solaris. ZFS snapshots Application-Based Replication MySQL Oracle Data Guard Oracle GoldenGate Storage-Based Replication EMC Symmetrix Remote Data Facility (SRDF). Hitachi TrueCopy and Hitachi Universal Replicator. Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance.

  For more information, see Data Replication in Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.3 Geographic Edition Overview.

  If you want to use host-based replication without Oracle Solaris Cluster Geographic Edition software, see the instructions in Deployment Example: Configuring Host-Based Data Replication Between Clusters With Availability Suite Software.

• Replication Within a Campus Cluster – This method is used as a replacement for host-based mirroring using Solaris Volume Manager or ZFS.

  Type of Replication Supported Data Replication Products Storage-Based Replication EMC Symmetrix Remote Data Facility (SRDF).