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EMC Geographically Dispersed Disaster Restart
Automated disaster restart for mainframe environments

EMC Geographically Dispersed Disaster Restart provides complete, automated restarts for your mainframe operation after any outage. EMC Geographically Dispersed Disaster Restart (GDDR) restarts your host system, critical applications, and EMC Symmetrix networked storage at local and remote sites.

With GDDR, you no longer need to create, test, and maintain your own custom scripts for automated disaster restart. Now you can manage system resources and start applications in the order you specify, while ensuring disk data integrity.

EMC Geographically Dispersed Disaster Restart delivers:

FeaturesBenefits
Remote replicationLeverage EMC SRDF remote replication technology for efficient synchronous or asynchronous data replication.
Parameter-driven softwareMake faster, easier configuration changes because you aren’t rewriting/retesting custom scripts.
Automated solutionManage and restart the complex connections between your systems, applications, storage, and networks—by design.
Consistent methodologiesEnsure successful disaster restart, regardless of where you deploy EMC Geographically Dispersed Disaster Restart.
Recovery testing optionsReduce the impact of disaster recovery testing on your business.

Product NameOperating Environment
SRDF/Asynchronous -EMC SRDF/Asynchronous is a remote mirroring solution that uses SRDF/A Delta Set architecture to replicate data remotely with no effect on production applications.
SRDF/Synchronous -EMC SRDF/Synchronous performs synchronous, remote replication of production data from one EMC Symmetrix networked storage system to others—with zero data exposure.
Symmetrix DMX-4 -EMC Symmetrix DMX-4 is a flexible, high-end networked storage system that enables massive consolidation and excellent scalability. Get 4 Gb/s performance, advanced security, and energy efficiency in an easy-to-operate storage system.
Symmetrix DMX-4 950 -EMC Symmetrix DMX-4 950 is an entry-level, high-end storage system that enables you to consolidate data, host applications, and storage tiers—reliably, efficiently, and cost-effectively.
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