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All PowerStoreOS versions support asynchronous data replication and recovery options for Hyper-V environments. PowerStoreOS 4.0 introduces support for synchronous replication for block storage. Protection options include snapshots, thin clones, refreshes, restores, and replication to remote PowerStore systems for the following data types:
In addition, PowerStoreOS 4.0 extends Metro Volume support to Microsoft and Linux environments. Metro Volume supports Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V and newer.
Note: PowerStore does not support Metro Volumes configured as boot-from-SAN (BfS) disks, in-guest iSCSI disks, or virtual Fibre Channel disks (vFC). Pass-through disks are supported as Metro Volumes as data disks, but not as boot disks.
This white paper addresses data protection strategies specific to synchronous and asynchronous replication.
To learn more about Windows Server Hyper-V use cases and best practices with Metro Volume, see the Dell PowerStore: Metro Volume white paper on the Dell PowerStore Info Hub.