Understanding the vSphere Replication architecture

vSphere Replication is VMware's hypervisor-based replication solution. Unlike array-based replication, the data is replicated over the network, using the VMware Network File Copy (NFC) protocol. VMware NFC is a proprietary VMware protocol, which is used to transfer disk (VMDK) blocks between ESXi hosts.

A vSphere Replication Appliance is a Linux virtual machine running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware. The machine runs VRMS, a vSphere Replication Server, and an embedded database.

Understanding the vSphere Replication architecture

The vSphere Replication architecture comprises of the following components:

  • One or more instances of vCenter ...

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