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About MirrorView Remote Mirroring Software
MirrorView Example
Figure3-2 Sample MirrorView Configuration

In the figure above, Database Server 1, the production host, executes

customer applications. These applications access data on

Storage system 1, in the database server Storage Group.

Storagesystem 2 is 40 km away and mirrors the data on the database

server Storage Group. The mirroring is synchronous, so that

Storage system 2 always contains all data modifications that are

acknowledged by Storage system 1 to the production host.

Each server has two paths — one through each SP — to each storage

system. If a failure occurs in a path, then the storage-system software

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Extended Distance Connections