Chapter 11. Data Replication and Disk Technology Advancements

This chapter covers some storage-related topics that do not fall under the category of backup and recovery, but are important to the operation of storage.

The first section covers several techniques for replicating data between locations. Replicated data is important to the operation of a business to ensure application availability. The three replication techniques covered are fabric, host, and array-based. An overview of how the replication technique works, what is required to make it work, its benefits, a diagram of the technology, and other topics are covered.

The second section covers advancements of disk technology in general, which is directly related to green IT in ...

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