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# Overview of Disaster Recovery Plans in Nutanix

This guide will take you through the possibilities offered by Nutanix clusters installed on OVHcloud infrastructures, for implementing Disaster Recovery Plans (DRPs).

## Requirements

- Multiple Nutanix clusters with either organization:

  - Multiple Nutanix clusters at physically different sites at OVHcloud
  - A Nutanix cluster provided by OVHcloud and another Nutanix cluster from another provider

- Access to the [OVHcloud Control Panel](https://manager.us.ovhcloud.com/#/hub)

- Access to your clusters via Prism Central

- A vRack or IPSEC VPN connection between the two clusters, as required

## Solutions Overview

### Interconnection solutions

As part of a disaster recovery plan, it is important to choose the right interconnection between remote sites.\
The two clusters must be fully visible to each other through a secure connection.

To do this, you can use various methods such as:

- Connecting all sites via the same [vRack](https://us.ovhcloud.com/network/vrack/).

- Setting up an IPsec VPN between the two Nutanix clusters.

 

An example of an IPsec interconnection in this guide: [IPsec interconnection between two sites](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/hosted-private-cloud/nutanix-on-ovhcloud/interconnect-two-nutanix-clusters-ipsec-vpn.md).

### Nutanix solutions for implementing a disaster recovery plan

Some solutions are available with **Prism Element**:

- **Async DR**: Replication between two remote **storage containers** is only done once per hour. If a problem occurs, it is possible to lose one hour of data (RPO 1 hour) but the restart can be done manually in one minute.
- **NearSync DR**: Replication occurs several times per hour. You can sync between 1 and 15 minutes, depending on the license you have (RPO between 1 and 15 minutes).

Details of these solutions can be found in our documentation on [asynchronous or NearSync replication through Prism Element](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/hosted-private-cloud/nutanix-on-ovhcloud/set-up-asynchronous-nearsync-replication-through-prism-element.md).

The management of disaster recovery plans can be improved via third-party tools or a Nutanix solution called **Leap** through **Prism Central**.

**Warning:**

**NOTE:** Asynchronous replication between two sites is integrated with the OVHcloud **Nutanix Standard** solution. However, you will need to upgrade to the OVHcloud **Nutanix Advanced** solution to use the other options.

 

## Go further

Browse all the [Nutanix guides](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/hosted-private-cloud/nutanix-on-ovhcloud/landing-page-nutanix-on-ovhcloud.md).

Browse the rest of the [OVHcloud US documentation](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/index.md) for guides on our other products and services.

Learn more about [Nutanix on OVHcloud](https://us.ovhcloud.com/hosted-private-cloud/nutanix/) on the OVHcloud US website.