Hitachi Universal Replicator software delivers simplified asynchronous data replication across for internal and external storage attached to the Hitachi Universal Storage Platform family. For organizations with demanding heterogeneous data replication needs for business continuity or improved IT operations, Universal Replicator software delivers the enterprise-class performance associated with storage system-based replication, while providing resilient business continuity without the need for redundant servers or replication appliances.
This product is enhanced by Hitachi Replication Manager, a new software tool that configures, monitors and manages Hitachi storage array based replication products for both open systems and mainframe environments in a way that simplifies and optimizes the configuration, operations, task management and automation and monitoring of the critical storage components of the replication infrastructure.
Provides unique Recovery Point Objective control through the use of storage system journal-based replication for the Hitachi Universal Storage Platform family (Universal Storage Platform V and Universal Storage Platform VM).
Supports advanced three data center replication configurations.
Supports consistency groups spanning multiple storage systems.
Supports any storage connected to any model of the Universal Storage Platform family, permitting data to be copied from any supported device to any other supported device, regardless of operating system or protocol differences.
Leverages asynchronous replication driven by the remote site to minimize impact on primary production systems and takes advantage of journaling rather than cache files to mitigate the high resource usage of other asynchronous approaches.
Supports both mainframe and open systems environments with advanced data integrity mechanisms.
Benefits
Ensures business continuity by simplifying implementation of the most demanding disaster recovery and uptime requirements, regardless of the type of supported storage platform hosting the business critical data.
Ensures availability of up-to-date copies of data in dispersed locations by leveraging synchronous capabilities of Hitachi TrueCopy® Remote Replication software, including replication to multiple data centers, as well as to both remote and hot standby data centers.
Maintains integrity of a replicated copy without impacting processing, even when replication network outages occur or optimal bandwidth is not available.
Optimizes Recovery Point Objective tradeoffs for more efficient data protection over any distance.
Compared to traditional methods, significantly reduces cache utilization and increases bandwidth utilization by leveraging performance optimized, disk-based journals.
Quote
"The (Hitachi Universal Replicator) three data center disaster recovery solution is designed to meet global standards and to support content and services so that we can continue to compete effectively in the global Internet shopping mall market." —Mok Ju-young Technology Team Manager, Gmarket
