Replicating compressed data

Using the vxcompress utility, episodic replication is able to replicate any compressed file that is created at the source to the target, while maintaining the same compression characteristics. The compression characteristics include the algorithm, the strength, and the block size. The data is read in the compressed format from the source, sent over the network, and written to the target system in the same format. This form of compression reduces the amount of storage that is required on the target system.