Pros and uses of HyperMetro !

Pros:

1.  High availability with geographic protection both datacenters are Active and Active

2. Easy management
   Minimal risk of data loss, reduced system downtime, and quick disaster recovery
   Negligible disruption to users and client applications
   

3. Load Balancing between Datacentres Hardware on DR site is also used for processing

4. HyperMetro is licensed for each storage, not a mirrored volume Capacity.

5. due to the general firmware code in Oceanstor this function is available in most of Huawei Storages

6. It supports both FC and IP network.

7. Hypermetor support tiered storage, virtualization, snapshots and other storage functions as well

Minuses:

1. For Quorum Separate Network ports are required.

2. Requires installation of MPIO Ultrapath driver on hosts.

3. High bandwidth is required with low latency to achieve performance