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Status Submitted
Workspace Storage Protect Family
Categories Spectrum Protect (Server)
Created by Guest
Created on Jun 24, 2026

RELATED IDEAS

Enhancement for Replication to Dissimilar Policies

In case of using replication to dissimilar policies and stgrule "ALL_DATA" with lower retention* parameters on the target site, the source send nevertheless all of source data to the target server.
After it, a part of inactive data will be deleted by EXPIRE INVENTORY processes. This is highly inefficient and results in higher last on the target server instance as needed.
I would suggest to introduce a new key for REPLICATE NODE command, something like "USING_TARGET_POLICY = YES/NO". The source server should read first the policy on the target site and
prepare the object list due to parameters of the target site if "USING_TARGET_POLICY = YES" or send object due source site if "USING_TARGET_POLICY = NO".
 This would give much better performance for replication in case of nodes with huge amount of inactive data.

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