Addressing business continuity requirements for off-site files and migrating critical data between multiple storage arrays are two common problems small and mid-size IT operations must resolve in a cost effective manner. iQstor Remote Replication Services (RRS) feature enables serverless automated facilities to easily accomplish these tasks.

Storage administrators can easily manage data movement and synchronization between local and remote storage volumes at 2Gb/second Fibre Channel speeds:

• produce remote mirrored copies of iQstor virtual volumes on another iQstor storage platform.
• create remote mirrored copies of iQstor virtual volumes on 3rd party Fibre Channel arrays.
• acquire and migrate data from external Fibre Channel volumes and produce a virtual volume mirror.

Business Continuity – Remote Copy
When a company’s business continuity requirements dictate the need to be able to restart a mission critical application immediately after a primary site disaster, remote synchronized copies of data are required. The solution is iQstor RRS software. Specified iQstor virtual volumes can be synchronously mirrored via 2Gb/sec redundant Fibre Channel connections to remote locations. Any industry standard Fibre Channel LUN is an acceptable target which guarantees significant flexibility at the remote location, including third party storage.

Data Migration – Synchronized Copy
The flexibility to move data between storage arrays solves a variety of common problems storage administrators regularly face. One such task is movement of data from an older storage technology that is being displaced. iQstor RRS software solves the problem by reading data, without server involvement, from any industry standard Fibre Channel LUN and producing an exact copy on a specified iQstor virtual volume. When the copy is complete, the newly created iQstor virtual volume can be assigned to an attached application server for immediate use.