DL4300 Appliance
Replication with Rapid Recovery
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For optimum data security, administrators usually use a target Core at a remote disaster recovery site. You can
configure outbound replication to a company-owned data center or remote disaster recovery site (that is, a “self-
managed” target Core). Or, you can configure outbound replication to a third-party managed service provider
(MSP) or cloud provider that hosts off-site backup and disaster recovery services. When replicating to a third-
party target Core, you can use built-in work flows that let you request connections and receive automatic feedback
notifications.
Replication is managed on a per-protected-machine basis. Any machine (or all machines) protected or replicated
on a source Core can be configured to replicate to a target Core.
Possible scenarios for replication include:
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Replication to a local location. The target Core is located in a local data center or on-site location, and replication is
maintained at all times. In this configuration, the loss of the Core would not prevent a recovery.
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Replication to an off-site location. The target Core is located at an off-site disaster recovery facility for recovery in the
event of a loss.
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Mutual replication. Two data centers in two different locations each contain a Core and are protecting machines and
serving as the off-site disaster recovery backup for each other. In this scenario, each Core replicates the protected
machines to the Core that is located in the other data center.
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Hosted and cloud replication. Rapid Recovery MSP partners maintain multiple target Cores in a data center or a public
cloud. On each of these Cores, the MSP partner lets one or more of their customers replicate recovery points from a
source Core on the customer’s site to the MSP’s target Core for a fee.
NOTE:
In this scenario, customers only have access to their own data.
Possible replication configurations include:
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Point-to-point replication. Replicates one or more protected machines from a single source Core to a single target Core.
Figure 3. Point-to-point replication configuration
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Multipoint-to-point replication. Replicates protected machines from multiple source Cores to a single target Core.
