Dell ObjectScale 1.3 Administration Guide

More complex ObjectScale Replication configurations can be defined. These complex configurations can allow for a replication to be single-directional or bi-directional replication between buckets or from a single source bucket to multiple destination buckets.

What does ObjectScale Replication replicate?

ObjectScale Replication replicates the following:

• Object versions that are created after a replication rule is added to the source object store.

  Updates to the object User Metadata, Storage class, or Encryption type create new versions of the object. The replication rules determine the replication of the new object version when the version is created.

• A delete marker that is generated by a user delete action.
• When replicated, the replicated object keeps the same metadata as the source object for:
  1. Object Name
  2. Version ID
  3. Object Create Time
  4. User Metadata
  5. Attributes (ACL, Tag, or Lock)

What does ObjectScale Replication not replicate?

ObjectScale Replication does not replicate:

• User key encrypted objects
• Updates to bucket-level subresources, such as the life cycle configuration of the bucket
• Actions performed by a life cycle configuration
• Object versions that were created before the replication rule itself was created or enabled. Further,
  1. There is no replication status for this version of object.
  2. Any attribute (ACL, Tag, or Lock) update on this version of the object does not trigger replication of this new object version.
• The replicated object does not replicate again.
  1. Even if the replication configuration between two buckets is bidirection, attribute updates on a replicated object do not replicate back to the source object.
  2. Replication for attribute updates on the source bucket overwrites all ACL, Tag, or Lock on the replicated object.
• A delete marker that is generated by a life cycle configuration.

ObjectScale Replication Configuration Overview

1. Create an object store and bucket.
2. Configure Bucket Replication on the bucket in the created object store.
   • Specify the replication configuration on each bucket to start object replication.
   • A user can create, read, update, and delete replication rules on an object store, irrespective of the state of other object stores or network connectivity to other object stores.
   • Create and specify an IAM Role ARN, or use an existing role, in their replication configuration. The IAM role must have permission to replicate objects.
   • Specify replication rules to specify a replication destination and the replication behaviors in the replication configuration.
3. Create the replication configuration.