https://www.nocentino.com/tags/replication/ Recent content in Replication on Anthony Nocentino's Blog Hugo en-us Tue, 18 Aug 2026 05:00:00 -0500 https://www.nocentino.com/posts/2026-08-18-async-replication-activecluster-pod-third-array/ Tue, 18 Aug 2026 05:00:00 -0500 https://www.nocentino.com/posts/2026-08-18-async-replication-activecluster-pod-third-array/ <p>I&rsquo;ve been rebuilding my three-site SQL Server demo lab, and I ran into something I&rsquo;ve wanted for a long time. If you&rsquo;ve ever designed a SQL Server environment on ActiveCluster, you know the pattern: two FlashArrays running a synchronously replicated pod for zero RPO between sites, and a third array somewhere else for a longer retention, disaster recovery copy. The problem was that you couldn&rsquo;t get the data to that third array directly from the pod. Protection groups inside a stretched pod simply couldn&rsquo;t have an array target.</p>