Copying The Primary Snapshot To The Remote Snapshot; Graphical Legend For Remote Copy Icons; Remote Copy And Volume Replication; Uses For Remote Copy - HP StoreVirtual 4000 User Manual

Copying the primary snapshot to the remote snapshot

When the primary snapshot is copying to the remote snapshot, the CMC depicts the process with
a moving graphic of pages from the primary to the remote snapshot. The pages move in the
direction of the data flow from primary to remote snapshot.
Figure 2 Icons depicting the primary snapshot copying to the remote snapshot

Graphical legend for Remote Copy icons

The Graphical Legend window available from the HP LeftHand Storage Online Help menu depicts
the icons associated with Remote Copy.
Figure 3 Icons for Remote Copy in the Graphical Legend window

Remote Copy and volume replication

Remote Copy is an asynchronous replication of data. Network RAID is a synchronous replication
of data. Using synchronous Network RAID on multiple storage systems within a cluster in combination
with asynchronous Remote Copy on a different cluster of storage systems creates a robust,
high-availability configuration.

Uses for Remote Copy

Common uses for the Remote Copy application.
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