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EVA replication over iSCSI?

 
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bucketenator
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EVA replication over iSCSI?

All,

Hoping you good people on the forum can confirm whether Continuous Access/EVA replication will work over iSCSI? If a model matters, I'm thinking EVA4400 to EVA4000.

Thanks in advance,

Jason
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Uwe Zessin
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Re: EVA replication over iSCSI?

CA-EVA requires a Fibre Channel fabric between both EVAs. The fabric _can_ be extended with FCIP (FC over IP), but iSCSI is not an extension technology - think of it as a "client/server" protocol.
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Steven Clementi
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Re: EVA replication over iSCSI?

Simply put... the EVA's don't talk to each other over a LAN (except in the case of a FCiP scenario as mentioned)


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bucketenator
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Re: EVA replication over iSCSI?


Thank you both - you've confirmed my worst fears!

Jason
Sivaramakrishna_1
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Re: EVA replication over iSCSI?

Hi,

We have mpx200 routes which supports both iscsi and FCIP functionality...
Jan Soska
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Re: EVA replication over iSCSI?

Hello,
as posted above, CA requires FC SAN for replication. Eva could be used as iSCSI storage, but no replication available.
From HP portfolio you can use newest LeftHand devices - (P4000 G2) with iScsi replication...

Jan
bucketenator
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Re: EVA replication over iSCSI?


Thank you all for your excellent responses. You've answered my main question and also given me a suitable solution in the MPX200 (thanks Sivaramakrishna).

Cheers!

Jason
bucketenator
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Re: EVA replication over iSCSI?


CA/EVA replicates only over FC (not iSCSI) but FC fabrics can be extended with the MPX200 which also provides iSCSI connectivity as well as other benefits.