HP P2000 Array System Remote Snap Software - Overview & Features

Overview

HP P2000 Array System Remote Snap Software offers controller-based, asynchronous replication technology that provides local or remote replication among the HP P2000 G3 MSA Arrays. HP Remote Snap functionality is based on existing Snapshot technology offered by HP MSA2000 SAN Array products. Snapshots are used to track the data to be replicated as well as to determine the differences in data updated on the master volume, minimizing the amount of data to be transferred. Supporting both Ethernet and Fibre Channel interconnects provides flexible options to your application environments. Protect your investment with Snapshot based replication enabling local and remote recovery based on need. Leveraging the integrated 64-Snapshots and the Volume Copy standard on the P2000 G3 MSA Array, the Remote Snap cost-effectively creates the local or remote copies.

What's New

• Remote Snap Software Enhancements
• Many to 1 Replication (up to 4 nodes)
• Mixed controller replication ( P2000 G3 FC controller to P2000 G3 FC/iSCSI Combo Controller)
• Replication between single controller array to another single controller array

Features & Benefits

• Controller-based asynchronous replication: With controller-based snapshots there is no detrimental impact to the host application performance.
• Snapshot-based replication technology: Remote Snap is based on existing Snapshot technology from HP MSA2000 SAN Array products. The Snapshots are used for tracking data to be replicated and to determine the differences in data updated on the volume, minimizing the amount of data to be transferred.
• Less burden on wide area networks with local: The initial copy of the data can be performed locally to reduce the burden of large data transfers to wide area networks.

• Both Ethernet and Fiber Channel for flexibility: Supports replication across both Fiber Channel and Ethernet for local and remote replication requirements.
• Replication wizard eases tasks with simple GUI: Replication wizard simplifies the tasks of setting up and establishing replication pairs from one unified, easy-to-use GUI.
• Snapshot replication for local and remote recovery: Remote Snap enables both local and remote data recovery depending on the need. Since it is based on snapshot technology, Remote Snap can isolate problems to a specific point in time which can be selected by the administrator. Remote Snap also supports longer distance replication.

• Bundled 64-Snapshots and Volume Copy: Leveraging the integrated 64-Snapshots and the Volume Copy standard on the P200 G3 MSA Array, the Remote Snap cost-effectively creates the local or remote copies.
• Improved Recovery Point & Recovery Time Objectives: RPO describes the acceptable amount of data loss measured in time. RTO is the duration of time until a business process is restored RPO, and RTO are the key metrics for a company to assess their business continuity plans and find a balance between cost and recovery level.