topic Re: advise on synch mirror in ONTAP Hardware https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/advise-on-synch-mirror/m-p/79558#M5597 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><PRE __jive_macro_name="quote" class="jive_text_macro jive_macro_quote" modifiedtitle="true"><P>How do define array luns, are they just raid groups, or disk groups.</P><P>Also the term storage arrays.</P></PRE><P>I think you took it from V-series documentation (gateway product), where it refers to 3-party arrays virtualised by NetApp controllers.</P><P></P><PRE __jive_macro_name="quote" class="jive_text_macro jive_macro_quote" modifiedtitle="true"><P>Also in synchmirror it talks about 2 plexes, one local and one remote.&nbsp;&nbsp; Is the local one, the current one which is the existing data, and the remote one is the mirror copy.</P></PRE><P>Well, I think this is coming from MetroCluster setup - local plex is the active copy (read/write) &amp; the remote is the passive one (read-only).</P><P></P><P>Regards,<BR />Radek</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:09:30 GMT radek_kubka 2012-03-20T16:09:30Z advise on synch mirror https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/advise-on-synch-mirror/m-p/79553#M5595 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am trying to understand synchmirror, and trying to understand the term array luns.&nbsp; How do define array luns, are they just raid groups, or disk groups.</P><P>Also the term storage arrays.&nbsp; I read this terms in the netap manuals.&nbsp; I just want to understand the terms.</P><P></P><P>Also in synchmirror it talks about 2 plexes, one local and one remote.&nbsp;&nbsp; Is the local one, the current one which is the existing data, and the remote one is the mirror copy.&nbsp;&nbsp; </P><P></P><P>Any advise</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:31:45 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/advise-on-synch-mirror/m-p/79553#M5595 GUVNIJJAR 2025-06-05T06:31:45Z Re: advise on synch mirror https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/advise-on-synch-mirror/m-p/79558#M5597 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><PRE __jive_macro_name="quote" class="jive_text_macro jive_macro_quote" modifiedtitle="true"><P>How do define array luns, are they just raid groups, or disk groups.</P><P>Also the term storage arrays.</P></PRE><P>I think you took it from V-series documentation (gateway product), where it refers to 3-party arrays virtualised by NetApp controllers.</P><P></P><PRE __jive_macro_name="quote" class="jive_text_macro jive_macro_quote" modifiedtitle="true"><P>Also in synchmirror it talks about 2 plexes, one local and one remote.&nbsp;&nbsp; Is the local one, the current one which is the existing data, and the remote one is the mirror copy.</P></PRE><P>Well, I think this is coming from MetroCluster setup - local plex is the active copy (read/write) &amp; the remote is the passive one (read-only).</P><P></P><P>Regards,<BR />Radek</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:09:30 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/advise-on-synch-mirror/m-p/79558#M5597 radek_kubka 2012-03-20T16:09:30Z