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ONTAP Technical Reports

Business continuity technical reports

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NetApp offers a wide range of solutions that rationalize where applications and data live to improve performance cost effectively. Data protection, replication, and continuous availability: ONTAP data management can simplify data protection with set-it-and-forget-it policy management, while delivering business continuity with MetroCluster and SnapMirror active sync.

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These technical reports expand on the ONTAP SnapMirror active sync and ONTAP MetroCluster product documentation.

SnapMirror active sync (formerly SM-BC)

TR-4878: SnapMirror active sync
SnapMirror active sync is a continuously available storage solution with application-level granularity, available for ONTAP running on AFF or All SAN Array (ASA) storage systems, to meet the RPO 0 and RTO 0 needs of the most critical business applications.

MetroCluster

TR-4705: NetApp MetroCluster solution architecture and design
This document describes high-level architecture and design concepts for MetroCluster features in ONTAP.

MetroCluster IP
TR-4689: NetApp MetroCluster IP
MetroCluster is a continuously available storage solution for ONTAP running on FAS and AFF systems. MetroCluster IP is the latest evolution that uses an Ethernet-based back-end storage fabric. MetroCluster IP provides a highly redundant configuration to meet the needs of the most critical business applications. MetroCluster IP is included in ONTAP and provides NAS and SAN connectivity for clients and servers that use ONTAP storage.

MetroCluster FC
TR-4375: NetApp MetroCluster FC
MetroCluster provides continuous data availability across geographically separated data centers for mission-critical applications. Learn about MetroCluster FC recommended practices, design decisions, and supported configurations.