Appendix A

Disaster Protection Using MetroCluster

About this appendix

This appendix describes how to use the optional MetroCluster feature of Data ONTAP to protect data that requires continuous backup from loss and unavailability due to situations such as prolonged power outages or natural disasters.

Note
This appendix describes protecting data on Network Appliance filers. For information about protecting data on other networked equipment--application servers, for example--see the documentation for that equipment.

Topics in this appendix

This appendix discusses the following topics:

Configuring disaster recovery using MetroCluster
Recognizing a disaster
Recovering from a disaster