Data protection using SnapMirror

SnapMirror is a feature of Data ONTAP that enables you to replicate data. SnapMirror enables you to replicate data from specified source volumes or qtrees to specified destination volumes or qtrees, respectively. You need a separate license to use SnapMirror.

After the data is replicated to the destination storage system, you can access the data on the destination to perform the following actions:

•	Provide users immediate access to mirrored data in case the source goes down.

•	Restore the data to the source to recover from disaster, data corruption (qtrees only), or user error.

•	Archive the data to tape.

•	Balance resource loads.

•	Back up or distribute the data to remote sites.