Cisco Cisco MDS 9000 32-Port Storage Services Module Weißbuch

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EMC RecoverPoint Support for Cisco MDS 9000 SANTap
Service: Intelligent Fabric-Based Data Replication

Intelligent storage networks promise a new heterogeneous, flexible, and high-

performance platform for hosting storage applications. EMC has delivered on this promise

by using the Cisco

MDS 9000 Family SANTap Service, offering a fully heterogeneous

fabric-based data replication solution without the need of a host agent. The EMC

RecoverPoint data protection appliance replicates data in any storage area network (SAN)

attached array, local or remote across any distance, to any other array, without any of the

traditional downsides of deploying devices in-band (within the data path) or out-of-band, in

conjunction with host-based software agents. RecoverPoint reduces the total cost of data

protection and management by taking into consideration the value of different types of

data and the associated requirements for data accessibility, performance, availability, and

protection.

RecoverPoint’s intelligent features specifically address key customer concerns related to data

protection and replication, recovery, storage use, and high cost of bandwidth and storage

management. Using the Cisco MDS 9000 Family SANTap Service, RecoverPoint can be deployed

out-of-band (outside the data path) and without a host agent, because Cisco SANTap provides a

reliable copy of storage write operations. RecoverPoint is a modular architecture that offers

solutions within the local data center environment for Continuous Data Protection (RecoverPoint

CDP) and for Continuous Remote Replication (RecoverPoint CRR). Cisco SANTap functions are

activated through the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Storage Services Module (SSM) line card, which

can be inserted into any modular switch within the Cisco MDS 9000 family of multilayer intelligent

storage switches.