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A computer implemented method, system, and computer program product for determining how to replicate one or more volumes, the method comprising sending IOs from an IO stack through a virtual analysis filter and based on the IO sent through the virtual analysis filter, determining a number of virtual splitters and virtual data protection appliances, required WAN capacity and configuration of a replication system.
1. A computer implemented method comprising:
sending IOs from an IO stack, wherein the IOs correspond to IOs from one or more virtual machines being written to one or more virtual disks, through a virtual analysis filter; wherein the one or more virtual machines run in one or more hypervisors;
analyzing the IO sent to the virtual analysis filter;
determining the number of IOs of the one or more virtual machines needed to be replicated;
and
based on the analysis of the IO sent through the virtual analysis filter, determining a replication system including a number of virtual splitters, a number of virtual data protection appliances, required WAN capacity, and configuration of the replication system; wherein the replication system runs in the one or more hypervisors; wherein the determined replication system has resources to replicate the IOs of the one or more virtual machines running in the one or more hypervisors; wherein to replicate the IOs of the one or more virtual machines, the determined number of virtual splitters split IOs from the one or more virtual machines by making a copy of the IOs and sending the copy of the IOs to one of the virtual data protection appliances; wherein the number of virtual splitters run in the one or more hypervisors.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the analyzing comprises:
determining how much CPU processing power is necessary to replicate the IOs of the one or more virtual machines.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the analyzing comprises:
determining the amount the IO may be compressed and which compression algorithm should be used, where the determination is done by compression of all or portion of the data arriving to the virtual analysis filter; wherein the compression may compress IO across the one or more virtual machines.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein the comprises:
determining the bandwidth required for replication of the IOs; wherein the required bandwidth includes bandwidth to send the copy of the IOs from the one or more virtual splitters to the one or more virtual data replication appliances.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein a running system uses the virtual analysis filter to automatically update the configuration of the replication system to facilitate replication of the one or more virtual machines.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein a running system uses the virtual analysis filter to suggest configuration changes to improve the replication speed the replication system replicates the copy of the IOs.
7. A computer program product for determining how to replicate one or more volumes comprising:
a non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with computer executable program code for replication of data, the computer executable program code executable across one or more processors to perform:
sending IOs from an IO stack, wherein the IOs correspond to IOs from one or more virtual machines being written to one or more virtual disks, through a virtual analysis filter; wherein the one or more virtual machines run in one or more hypervisors;
determining the number of IOs of the one or more virtual machines needed to be replicated;
analyzing the IO sent to the virtual analysis filter; and
based on the analysis of the IO sent through the virtual analysis filter, determining a replication system including a number of virtual splitters, a number of virtual data protection appliances, required WAN capacity and configuration of the replication system; wherein the replication system runs in the one or more hypervisors; wherein the determined replication system has resources to replicate the IOs of the one or more virtual machines running in the one or more hypervisors; wherein to replicate the IOs of the one or more virtual machines, the determined number of virtual splitters split IOs from the one or more virtual machines by making a copy of the IOs and sending the copy of the IOs to one of the virtual data protection appliances; wherein the number of virtual splitters run in the one or more hypervisors.
8. The computer program product of claim 7 wherein the computer executable program code is further executable to perform:
determining how much CPU processing power is necessary to replicate the IOs of the one or more virtual machines.
9. The computer program product of claim 7 wherein the computer executable program code is further executable to perform:
determining the amount the IO may be compressed and which compression algorithm should be used, where the determination is done by compression of all or portion of the data arriving to the virtual analysis filter; wherein the compression may compress IO across the one or more virtual machines.
10. The computer program product of claim 7 wherein the computer executable program code is further executable to perform:
determining the bandwidth required for replication of the IOs; wherein the required bandwidth includes bandwidth to send the copy of the IOs from the one or more virtual splitters to the one or more virtual data replication appliances.
11. The computer program product of claim 7 , wherein a running system uses the virtual analysis filter to automatically update the configuration of the replication system to facilitate replication of the one or more virtual machines.
12. The computer program product of claim 7 , wherein a running system uses the virtual analysis filter to suggest configuration changes to improve the replication speed the replication system replicates the copy of the IOs.
13. A system for determining how to replicate one or more volumes, the system comprising:
a virtual analysis filter running on a hypervisor; and
one or more memories; and
one or more processors;
computer-executable program code in at least part of the one or more memories, wherein the computer-executable program code is executable across the one or more processors to perform:
sending IOs from an IO stack, wherein the IOs correspond to IOs from one or more virtual machines being written to one or more virtual disks, through the virtual analysis filter; wherein the one or more virtual machines run in one or more hypervisors;
determining the number of IOs of the one or more virtual machines needed to be replicated;
analyzing the IO sent to the virtual analysis filter; and
based on the analysis of the IO sent through the virtual analysis filter, determining a replication system including a number of virtual splitters, a number of virtual data protection appliances, required WAN capacity and configuration of the replication system; wherein the replication system runs in the one or more hypervisors; wherein the determined replication system has resources to replicate the IOs of the one or more virtual machines running in the one or more hypervisors; wherein to replicate the IOs of the one or more virtual machines, the determined number of virtual splitters split IOs from the one or more virtual machines by making a copy of the IOs and sending the copy of the IOs to one of the virtual data protection appliances; wherein the number of virtual splitters run in the one or more hypervisors.
14. The system of claim 13 wherein the computer-executable program code is further is configured to perform:
determining how much CPU processing power is necessary for replication of the IOs of the one or more virtual machines.
15. The system of claim 13 wherein the computer-executable program code is further is configured to perform:
determining the amount the IO may be compressed and which compression algorithm should be used, where the determination is done by compression of all or portion of the data arriving to the virtual analysis filter; wherein the compression may compress IO across the one or more virtual machines.
16. The system of claim 13 wherein the computer-executable program code is further is configured to perform:
determining the bandwidth required for replication of the IOs; wherein the required bandwidth includes bandwidth to send the copy of the IOs from the one or more virtual splitters to the one or more virtual data replication appliances.
17. The system of claim 13 , wherein a running system uses the virtual analysis filter to automatically update configuration of the replication to improve the replication speed the replication system replicates the copy of the IOs.