topic Re: Why does snapmirror compression require multiple connections? in ONTAP Discussions https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Why-does-snapmirror-compression-require-multiple-connections/m-p/22656#M5338 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>It requires that you set up a named connection.&nbsp; That "multi" connection can be a single set of IPs (i.e. you can have a multi connection with only 1 pair).</P><P>It's confusing I know, but you are not required to have multiple pairs.</P><P></P><P>Hope this helps.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:38:07 GMT adamfox 2010-03-08T14:38:07Z Why does snapmirror compression require multiple connections? https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Why-does-snapmirror-compression-require-multiple-connections/m-p/22651#M5337 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>My customer attempted to run snapmirror compression between 7.3.2 systems and after some digging we discovered the compressions didn't work due to the lack of mulitple connections as outlined in this KB:&nbsp; <A href="https://now.netapp.com/Knowledgebase/solutionarea.asp?id=kb56448" target="_blank">https://now.netapp.com/Knowledgebase/solutionarea.asp?id=kb56448</A></P><P></P><P>Customer is asking why compression needs two connections and I could not find a clear answer.&nbsp; What parts of the compression process require two connections, and how is it possible to still have a functioning snapmirror relationship (without compression) with only one connection?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 07:17:33 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Why-does-snapmirror-compression-require-multiple-connections/m-p/22651#M5337 christop 2025-06-05T07:17:33Z Re: Why does snapmirror compression require multiple connections? https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Why-does-snapmirror-compression-require-multiple-connections/m-p/22656#M5338 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>It requires that you set up a named connection.&nbsp; That "multi" connection can be a single set of IPs (i.e. you can have a multi connection with only 1 pair).</P><P>It's confusing I know, but you are not required to have multiple pairs.</P><P></P><P>Hope this helps.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:38:07 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Why-does-snapmirror-compression-require-multiple-connections/m-p/22656#M5338 adamfox 2010-03-08T14:38:07Z