PowerScale OneFS 9.2.1.0 CloudPools Administration Guide

SyncIQ interoperability

SyncIQ enables you to synchronize data from your PowerScale primary (source) cluster to a secondary (target) cluster. If the primary cluster becomes unavailable, you can fail over to the secondary cluster. Users can continue to access data, including data stored in the cloud.

During SyncIQ replication, all files, including SmartLink files, are copied from the source cluster to the target cluster. Users given access to the target cluster through supported protocols can retrieve cloud data or fully recall files from the cloud. In these cases, CloudPools retrieves and caches data (inline access) or recalls the full file exactly as it would from the original source cluster.

Unless you grant cloud write access to the secondary cluster, CloudPools stores any changes to SmartLink files in the local cache. This cache is limited only by available space on the cluster.