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000-221 · Question #168

With regard to GLVM mirroring, which of the following is a true statement?

The correct answer is A. Mirrored locations are limited to being 254 miles apart. GLVM (Geographic Logical Volume Manager) enforces a maximum distance of 254 miles between mirrored sites due to round-trip latency constraints on synchronous write operations.

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Question

With regard to GLVM mirroring, which of the following is a true statement?

Options

  • AMirrored locations are limited to being 254 miles apart
  • BData mirroring is performed over standard TCP/IP networks
  • CGLVM requires any hosted database applications to be mirror-tolerant.
  • DProduction and backup sites must use the exact same model of IBM Power System server

How the community answered

(27 responses)
  • A
    70% (19)
  • B
    11% (3)
  • C
    4% (1)
  • D
    15% (4)

Why each option

GLVM (Geographic Logical Volume Manager) enforces a maximum distance of 254 miles between mirrored sites due to round-trip latency constraints on synchronous write operations.

AMirrored locations are limited to being 254 miles apartCorrect

IBM GLVM imposes a documented 254-mile maximum distance between production and backup sites to keep round-trip latency within bounds that synchronous mirroring can tolerate without causing I/O timeouts or data inconsistency. This is a hard architectural limit of the RPV (Remote Physical Volume) protocol that underlies GLVM's inter-site communication. Exceeding this distance risks write failures and mirror desynchronization under normal workloads.

BData mirroring is performed over standard TCP/IP networks

GLVM mirroring requires a dedicated, high-bandwidth, low-latency network connection - not arbitrary standard TCP/IP infrastructure - because the RPV protocol's synchronous write requirements impose strict network quality constraints that a general TCP/IP network cannot reliably guarantee.

CGLVM requires any hosted database applications to be mirror-tolerant.

GLVM mirroring is fully transparent to applications because it operates at the LVM layer of the OS; no application needs to be coded or configured as mirror-tolerant since AIX handles all mirror synchronization below the application stack.

DProduction and backup sites must use the exact same model of IBM Power System server

GLVM does not require identical IBM Power System server models at both sites - differing hardware generations are supported as long as AIX and GLVM version compatibility is maintained between the two sites.

Concept tested: GLVM geographic mirroring distance limitation

Source: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/aix/7.3?topic=volumes-geographic-logical-volume-manager

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#GLVM#geographic mirroring#site distance#disaster recovery

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