VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery (VCDR) service
VCDR is a DRaaS provided by VMware. VCDR enables protection of on-premises vSphere environments and VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC by using an innovative concept of zero-compute DRaaS solutions. The main component of VCDR is the Scale-Out Cloud File System (SCFS) deployed in AWS Cloud. SCFS provides the ability to store large amounts of data efficiently and effectively, with hundreds of recovery points. You can replicate entire VMs with a recovery point objective (RPO) as low as 30 minutes. The SCFC facilitates storage of data during normal operations of your production sites. If the infrastructure needs to be restored, VCDR uses VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC to register VMs and start the environment.
The following figure depicts the high-level architecture of VCDR:
Figure 3.14 – VCDR replication architecture
The main goal of VCDR is to simplify DR protection, reduce costs, and orchestrate the recovery. However...