Americas Data Center
D2D Appliance
Americas
Library
Asia Data Center
D2D Appliance
Asia Library
Figure 36 Fan OUT example for HP D2D400x and D2D41xx
HP D2D250x Series
Each HP D2D 250x Series Source Appliance can replicate to up to two Target Appliances.
Americas Data Center
D2D Appliance
Americas
Library
Europe Library
Figure 37 HP D2D 2500 Fan OUT example
Of course, the above is for illustration only. If your Company policy does not dictate geographically
unique data centers, there's no reason why you could not support all four libraries on a single Target
Appliance, as described in the FAN IN section.
Fan IN
When we talk about FAN IN, we are considering the number of replication Source Appliances that are
supported.
HP D2D250x Series
Each HP D2D 2500 Target Appliance can support up to 6 Source Appliances. Each library on the
Target Appliance must be uniquely mapped to one library on a Source Appliance. For example:
a company has 6 remote sites and a Data Center. Four of the remote sites have one library each
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Configuring and using replication
Remote Site
D2D Appliance
Americas
Americas
Library
Library
Europe Library
Europe Library
Asia Library
Asia Library
Rest of the
Rest of the
World Library
World Library
Remote Site
D2D Appliance
Americas
Americas
Library
Library
Europe Library
Europe Library
Asia Library
Asia Library
Rest of the
Rest of the
World Library
World Library
Europe Data Center
D2D Appliance
Europe Library
Other Data Center
D2D Appliance
Rest of the
World Library
Asia Data Center
D2D Appliance
Asia Library
Rest of the
World Library
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