Cisco Cisco MDS 9000 32-Port Storage Services Module White Paper
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EMC RecoverPoint Support for Cisco MDS 9000 SANTap
Service: Intelligent Fabric-Based Data Replication
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.