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For application availability, the VPLEX platform offers two deployment topologies, VPLEX Local and VPLEX Metro. VPLEX Local creates local mirrors across arrays. VPLEX Metro creates remote mirrors of the data and enables applications to seamlessly have access to the mirrored data in case of planned or unplanned downtime. Whether the downtime disruption is caused by a natural disaster, human error, or unexpected hardware failure, the VPLEX system provides organizations with uninterrupted access to their data.