What does AccessAnywhere provide in a VPLEX environment?

AccessAnywhere is a key feature in a VPLEX environment that allows for seamless data access across geographically dispersed storage resources. Specifically, it provides cache-consistent, active/active access across clusters. This means that multiple hosts can access the same data simultaneously, ensuring that any changes made to the data are quickly synchronized and reflected across all access points. This capability enhances the overall agility and resilience of data management strategies, as it supports workload mobility and continuous operations without being limited to a single location.

The concept of active/active access ensures that both sites can read and write data concurrently, maintaining data integrity and consistency. This is particularly beneficial for disaster recovery and business continuity, allowing organizations to maintain high availability of their applications.

In contrast, other options describe limitations that do not reflect the capabilities offered by AccessAnywhere. Local storage access only would limit the flexibility necessary for modern cloud-based and hybrid infrastructures, while only providing backup access during outages suggests a passive operational model that does not align with the active/active functionality of AccessAnywhere. Similarly, uni-directional data access would restrict the simultaneous read and write operations that are essential in a dynamically evolving data environment, which AccessAnywhere actively supports.