Technique for performing disaster rehearsal for a storage area network utilizing a replication appliance
US7765433B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 14, 2007 |
| Grant date | Jul 27, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 3, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/2074
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A technique for disaster rehearsal testing in storage area network (SAN) utilizing a replication appliance is disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the technique may be realized as a method for disaster rehearsal testing of a secondary storage area network utilizing a replication appliance comprising the steps of stopping data writes to one or more logical unit numbers associated with the secondary storage area network, accumulating the data writes from a primary storage area network in one or more journals associated with the secondary storage area network, redirecting one or more data input/output requests, wherein data writes generated by testing of the secondary storage area network are redirected to replication appliance associated with the secondary storage area network and read requests for data written by test data writes are redirected to the replication appliance and testing the secondary storage area network.
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