The Oracle MaxRep for SAN relies on several key hardware and software components for reliable data protection and recovery.
The Oracle MaxRep for SAN includes the following components:
- Oracle FS System
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The Oracle FS System is an application-aware storage solution using policy-based Quality of Service (QoS) technology to serve application storage over iSCSI storage area networks. The replication process begins with the Oracle FS System that accepts a write operation to the protected LUNs and forwards the write operation to the Oracle MaxRep Replication Engine for replication.
- Oracle MaxRep Replication Engine
The Replication Engine is an out-of-band offload engine that manages and monitors the replication and recovery process. You create protection plans to guide the replication operations. Using the web‑based Oracle MaxRep for SAN GUI or command line reference (CLI), you can create, monitor, and recover protection plans. Utilization and trending reports and alerts are managed by the Replication Engine.
- Oracle MaxRep Agents
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(Optional Oracle MaxRep agents are installed on application hosts and can issue application consistency bookmarks on a scheduled basis.
- Replication Engine Cluster
Replication Engine Cluster is an optional component of the Oracle MaxRep solution. This component is a high availability feature that includes a passive Replication Engine, which is ready to take over if a failure of the active Replication Engine occurs.
Figure 1: Oracle FS MaxRep components
