EMC CX500I Configuration Guide - Page 73
What Is MirrorView?, MirrorView Example
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Data Replication and Data Mobility Software What Is MirrorView? EMC MirrorView is storage-system-based software that maintains a copy of an image of a logical unit (LUN) at separate locations. The images are far enough apart to provide for disaster recovery, that is, to let one image continue if a serious accident or natural disaster disables the other. The production image (the one mirrored) is called the primary image; the copy of the image is called the secondary image. The primary image is connected to a server called the production host. The secondary image is maintained by a separate storage system that can be a stand-alone storage system or connected to its own server. Since the same management station must manage both storage systems, you can use it to promote the secondary image if the primary image becomes inaccessible. An optional write intent log keeps track of writes that may not yet be recorded in one or more of a mirror's images. Using the write intent log provides the maximum protection against having to do a full resynchronization. MirrorView also supports protocols that let you use FC/IP to send mirrored data over extended distances. MirrorView Example Figure 4-3 shows two sites and a primary and secondary image that includes the database of three LUNs. Each server has a path to each SP on each storage system through each fabric. If a failure occurs in a path, then the storage-system software may switch to the path through the other SP (transparent to any applications). The server sends a write request to an SP in Storage System 1, which then writes data to the local LUN and mirrors the data on Storage System 2. The mirroring is synchronous, so that Storage System 2 always contains all data modifications that are acknowledged by Storage System 1 to the production host. The server sends a write request to an SP in Storage System 1, which writes data to its image while sending it to the corresponding SP in Storage System 2. Storage System 2 then writes the data to its image. What Is MirrorView? 4-11