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Currently I have two old EqualLogic SANs at <br />
each location doing nightly site to site block level <br />
replication / snapshots that I don't want to<br />
maintain support on.<br />
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Does anyone have some good articles on <br />
Storage Spaces block level replication / snapshots ?
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Currently I have two old EqualLogic SANs at 
each location doing nightly site to site block level 
replication / snapshots that I don't want to
maintain support on.

Does anyone have some good articles on 
Storage Spaces block level replication / snapshots ?

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