Regional-DR configuration for Fusion Data Foundation

Regional disaster recovery (Regional-DR) ensures business continuity during the unavailability of an IBM Fusion HCI site in a geographical region, accepting some loss of data in a predictable amount.

IBM Fusion HCI with Fusion Data Foundation storage supports the Regional-DR capability that is built on asynchronous data replication. While Regional-DR uses asynchronous replication with some risk of data loss, it protects business-critical applications on the IBM Fusion HCI from region failures.

To configure Regional-DR, use Red Hat® Advanced Cluster Management (RHACM) to set disaster recovery policies on base clusters and hosted control plane (HCP) clusters deployed across two IBM Fusion HCI sites. To manage them, a hub cluster is required for the RHACM operator. For more information, see Components required for Regional-DR.