System and method for software defined network aware data replication
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- establishing software defined network (SDN) awareness for a data replication application, wherein the establishing comprises creating each of a plurality of source filers, assigning an Internet Protocol (IP) address to each source filer, creating one or more replication relationships for each source filer and publishing a replication policy for each source filer;
establishing data replication awareness for a SDN controller;
managing a plurality of logical networks in a wide area network (WAN) between each of the plurality of source filers and each of a plurality of destination filers for each of a plurality of data types by the SDN controller having data replication awareness, wherein each logical network is associated with a corresponding replication policy for a corresponding source filer and is connected to the corresponding source filer through a logical interface; and
transmitting replication data between each of the plurality of source filers and each of the plurality of destination filers using each of the plurality of logical networks.
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Abstract
An example method is provided in one example embodiment and includes establishing software defined network (SDN) awareness for a data replication application; establishing data replication awareness for a SDN controller; managing a plurality of logical networks in a wide area network (WAN) between each of a plurality of source filers and each of a plurality of destination filers for each of a plurality of data types by the SDN controller having data replication awareness, wherein each logical network is associated with a replication policy for a corresponding source filer and is connected to the corresponding source filer through a logical interface; and transmitting replication data between each of the plurality of source filers and each of the plurality of destination filers using each of the plurality of logical networks.
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20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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establishing software defined network (SDN) awareness for a data replication application, wherein the establishing comprises creating each of a plurality of source filers, assigning an Internet Protocol (IP) address to each source filer, creating one or more replication relationships for each source filer and publishing a replication policy for each source filer; establishing data replication awareness for a SDN controller; managing a plurality of logical networks in a wide area network (WAN) between each of the plurality of source filers and each of a plurality of destination filers for each of a plurality of data types by the SDN controller having data replication awareness, wherein each logical network is associated with a corresponding replication policy for a corresponding source filer and is connected to the corresponding source filer through a logical interface; and transmitting replication data between each of the plurality of source filers and each of the plurality of destination filers using each of the plurality of logical networks. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. One or more non-transitory tangible media encoding logic that include instructions for execution that, when executed by a processor, is operable to perform operations comprising:
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establishing software defined network (SDN) awareness for data replication application, wherein the establishing comprises creating each of a plurality of source filers, assigning an Internet Protocol (IP) address to each source filer, creating one or more replication relationships for each source filer and publishing a replication policy for each source filer; establishing data replication awareness for a SDN controller; managing a plurality of logical networks in a wide area network (WAN) between each of the plurality of source filers and each of a plurality of destination filers for each of a plurality of data types by the SDN controller having data replication awareness, wherein each logical network is associated with a corresponding replication policy for a corresponding source filer and is connected to the corresponding source filer through a logical interface; and transmitting replication data between each of the plurality of source filers and each of the plurality of destination filers using each of the plurality of logical networks. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An apparatus, comprising:
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a memory element for storing data; and a processor that executes instructions associated with the data, wherein the processor and the memory element cooperate such that the apparatus is configured for; establishing software defined network (SDN) awareness for data replication application, wherein the establishing comprises creating each of a plurality of source filers, assigning an Internet Protocol (IP) address to each source filer, creating one or more replication relationships for each source filer and publishing a replication policy for each source filer; establishing data replication awareness for a SDN controller; managing a plurality of logical networks in a wide area network (WAN) between each of the plurality of source filers and each of a plurality of destination filers for each of a plurality of data types by the SDN controller having data replication awareness, wherein each logical network is associated with a corresponding replication policy for a corresponding source filer and is connected to the corresponding source filer through a logical interface; and transmitting replication data between each of the plurality of source filers and each of the plurality of destination filers using each of the plurality of logical networks. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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