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A local target deployment allows a single PowerScale cluster to replicate within itself providing the SyncIQ powerful configuration options in a local cluster as illustrated in the following figure. If a local target deployment is used for disaster readiness or archiving options, the cluster protection scheme and storages pools must be considered.