Dell PowerVault DR2000v - Manual (Page 92)

NOTE: Be aware that the storage capacity of the target DR Series system is directly affected by the number of
source systems writing to its containers, and also by the amount being written by each of these source systems.
Creating Replication Relationships
To create a new replication relationship, complete the following:
1. Select Storage → Replication.
The Replication page is displayed, which lists all current replication entries by the following categories:
• Storage Container Name
• Replica Container
• Cascaded Replica Container
• Status of each container
• Peer State, Enable, Compression, Encryption, Bandwidth
NOTE: Bandwidth is the replication bandwidth limit that you can set as Kibibytes per second (KiBps),
Mebibytes per second (MiBps), Gibibytes per second (GiBps), or as an unlimited bandwidth (default).
2. Click Create in the options bar.
The Create Replication page is displayed.
3. Under Source Container, define the source container by doing the following.
a. Click Select container from local system or Select container from remote system, and select a container. (For a
remote system, you will need to provide user credentials for the remote system.)
b. Under Source Container > Replica Container, for Encryption, select one of the following encryption options:
None, 128–bit, or 256–bit.
c. For Bandwidth Speed Rate, select the bandwidth as Default or specify a rate.
4. Under Replica Container, define the target replica container by doing the following.
a. Click Select container from remote system and then select a container for the replication from the remote
system.
b. Enter the user logon credentials of the remote system.
c. Click the Retrieve Remote Container button and, in the drop-down list, select a remote container from the list of
available containers.
5. To set up cascaded replication (optional), define the cascaded replication by doing the following.
a. Under Cascaded Replica Container, click Select a container from the remote system to select the container you
will be using for the cascaded replica.
b. Enter the logon credentials of the remote system.
c. Click the Retrieve Remote Container button, and, in the drop-down list, select a remote container from the list of
available containers.
d. Under Replica > Cascaded Replica Container, for Encryption, select one of the following encryption options:
None, 128–bit, or 256–bit.
e. For Bandwidth, select the Bandwidth Speed Rate as Default or specify a rate.
6. Click the Create Replication button.
Editing Replication Relationships
To modify settings for an existing replication relationship, complete the following steps.
NOTE: When editing replication settings, the bandwidth, encryption, and remote container’s IP address/host name
settings can be changed; or, a Cascaded Replica can be added.
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