Outcomes
- 70% reduction in failback time versus SRM-based workflows.
- Significant cost reduction by transferring only changed data during failback.
- 70% lower operational effort through orchestration and automation.
- Predictable, scheduled failback windows with reduced network load.
Client Bio
One of India's largest retail brokerages, part of a diversified conglomerate, manages trading and investment operations across millions of customer accounts. The firm is supported by VMware-based on-premises production and DR sites for regulated financial workloads.
Situation
The brokerage's SRM-based failback required transferring 100% of replicated data back to production, regardless of the actual change, resulting in long failback windows and heavy bandwidth usage.
Impact
Significant, unnecessary data movement prolonged failback to multi-hour windows, increased bandwidth and labor costs, and diverted IT capacity from strategic initiatives. DR exercises were therefore unpredictable and operationally demanding.
Solution
Datamotive's differential reverse replication transfers only altered blocks during failback, and its orchestration automates post-recovery tasks. In practice, this reduces data movement, shortens failback windows, and lowers both effort and related costs.