Announcing the general availability of Azure NetApp Files cross region replication. With this disaster recovery capability, you can replicate your Azure NetApp Files volumes between select Azure standard and non-standard region pairs continuously in a fast and cost-effective way, protecting your data from unforeseeable regional failures. Azure NetApp Files cross region replication leverages NetApp SnapMirror® technology so only changed blocks are sent over the network in a compressed, efficient format. This technology reduces the amount of data required to replicate across the regions with up to 50% or more, therefore saving Azure NetApp Files customers data transfer cost. It also shortens the replication time so you can achieve a smaller Restore Point Objective.
This technology follows a full and incremental-forever replication mechanism. This minimizes the amount of data required to replicate across the regions, so you get high data availability and fast data replication for your business-critical applications, including, but not limited to, Microsoft SQL Server, SAP HANA, non-HANA and Oracle databases, file shares, and AVD/Citrix user profiles. You can achieve a smaller Recovery Point Objective (RPO), because snapshots can be created and volumes be transferred more frequently with minimal data transfers. Further, it takes away the need for host-based replication mechanisms, avoiding virtual machine and software license cost.
Learn more: Cross-region replication of Azure NetApp Files volumes | Microsoft Docs and How Azure NetApp Files snapshots work | Microsoft Docs