Configuring content replication involves one or more storage device connections and an advanced storage area. How you set the following configuration options determines how an advanced storage area prioritizes content uploads to replicas.
A storage device connection associates a single storage device replica to an advanced storage area. The same replica can be associated with more than one storage device connection. By associating different storage device connections to the same storage device, you can share the storage device between multiple advanced storage areas within the same object store.
You must set one of the following replication synchronization types on a storage device connection:
A storage device connection also allows the synchronization type for the device to be adjusted based on the advanced storage area (ASA) it is connected to or the site it is being accessed from. For example, a connection to ASA-1 has a synchronization type of primary, and a connection to ASA-2 has a synchronization type of asynchronous. Because both connections are associated with the same storage device, that storage device has two replication synchronization roles, primary in ASA-1 and asynchronous in ASA-2.
On an advanced storage area, you set the following replication configuration options: