Expand enhances NetApp SnapMirror with:

Using advanced predictive compression algorithms that are lossless, Expand is able to reduce SnapMirror’s traffic footprint on the WAN – even when all of the traffic is from SnapMirror’s bandwidth saving features. In fact, on average, in a mix of filer traffic, Expand will accelerate traffic by up to 1500% and often reduces the transfer times by more than 85%. This means that efficient data distribution can reach new levels.

Instant access to mission-critical data, from any location or during a disaster, means that data must be replicated in real-time. With Expands’ QoS, real-time synchronization can occur over WAN links shared by other applications without hindering their performance (or allowing their use of the network to impair SnapMirror performance). Expands’ QoS makes sure that the network understands what is important to the business, ensuring the right traffic gets the right amount of bandwidth at the right time.

Some WANs are particularly malicious with their performance robbing latency. In fact, some of these links are even difficult to fully utilize. However, with Expands’ SCPS-based TCP acceleration, full utilization is possible and latency-caused slows downs become a thing of the past. Completing the added Expand value, full SnapMirror performance monitoring is built in, allowing for accountability and planning, and especially useful in disaster recovery scenarios.

Combined with a SnapMirror solution, Expand’s technologyxpand platform ensures that data distribution and disaster recovery activity for remote offices can truly be simple, flexible, and cost effective. Working together, the highest availability and the fastest disaster recovery are a reality over the WAN.