PowerMax and VMAX All Flash Solutions Design (Local Replication + Remote Replication) Flashcards

1
Q

What is TimeFinder SnapVX?

A

local replication technology that supports VMAX/PMax

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

What does SnapVX do?

A

creates local snapshots without requiring a pairing between the source and target volumes

targets are not required to create the snapshot and are only required to mount and use a replica

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

How many snapshots can a single volume have?

A

256

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

How many target volumes can be linked to the snapshots of a single volume?

A

1024

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

What makes the snapshots efficient on PowerMax and VMAX?

A

made efficient as possible by sharing point-in-time tracks

called snapshot deltas

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

What is Local Replication Suite?

A

TimeFinder SnapVX w/ cloud scalable snaps
SnapSure - file level local replication
Compatible Flash - for mainframe

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

What are the benefits of TimeFinder SnapVX?

A

shorter create and terminate times w/ no dependency on cache when scaling
zero impact targetless snaps
support for OS and MF environments
underlying technology of zDP

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

What is SRDF/S?

A

maintains a synchronous mirrored copy of production data at physically separated system

supports SRDF/CG - for consistency group synchronous replication

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

What is the distance of SRDF/S?

A

125m (200km)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

What is SRDF/A?

A

mirrors data from primary while always maintaining a dependent write consistency copy of the data on the secondary

secondary only seconds behind primary copy

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

What is the distance of SDRF/A?

A

unlimited distance

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

What is SRDF/CE?

A

SRDF/Cluster Enabler

allows Windows Server 20212 running Microsoft Failover Clusters to operate across multiple connected storage arrays in geographically dispursed clusters

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

What can you run concurrently w/ SRDF/CE?

A

SRDF/S
SRDF/A
SRDF concurrent
SRDF/ cascaded

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

What is SRDF/Star?

A

three site DR solution

secondary site synchronously mirrors data from primary and tertiary site asynchronously mirrors prod data

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

What are the two types of SRDF/Star?

A

Cascaded SRDF/Star
Concurrent SRDF/Star

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

What is SRDF/Metro?

A

each copy is current and consistent in SRDF/Metro configuration

write conflicts between the paired SRDF devices are managed and resolved

17
Q

What is the main benefit of SRDF/Metro?

A

host or host cluster can read and write to both R1 and R2 devices

18
Q

What is SRDF/AR?

A

automated remote replication solution

uses both SRDF and TimeFinder to provide long distance restart solution for UNIX and Windows environments

19
Q

What is a networking option for SRDF/AR?

A

can be configured to run on lower bandwidth networks

20
Q

How is SRDF/AR deployed?

A

over two or three sites

21
Q

What is FAR w/ SRDF/S?

A

FAR = file auto recovery

FAR enables you to manually fail over or move a Virtual Data Mover (VDM) from a source eNAS system to destination eNAS system

22
Q

What are the native migration options for PowerMax/VMAX?

A

SRDF/DM
NDM
ORS

23
Q

What is SRDF/DM?

A

SRDF/Data Mobility

enables fast data transfer from R1 to R2 devices over extended distances

24
Q

How does SRDF/DM work?

A

uses adaptive copy mode

unlimited distance

25
Q

What is NDM?

A

Non-Disruptive Migration

method for migrating data without application downtime

26
Q

When do you typically use NDM?

A

migrations typically performed between arrays within the same data center

to consolidate multiple older arrays into a smaller footprint

27
Q

What is ORS?

A

open system replicator

enables copying full or incremental copies of data from qualified third-party arrays within a SAN infrastructure to PMax/VMAX

28
Q

How does ORS work?

A

pull from source volumes on qualified remote arrays to volume

perform online data migration