Adding a Table Replica

This topic describes adding a table replica.

Prerequisites

  • A table must be available for you to create a replica.
  • You must have the permissions to create table replicas.

About this task

Follow the steps given below to create a table replica.

Procedure

  1. Log on to the Data Fabric UI.
  2. Click the Table View icon on the Resources card. In the tabular list of fabrics, click the down arrow for the fabric that contains the table for which you want to create a replica.
  3. Click the table name seen under Resource Name.
  4. Click Add replica on the Replication tab.
  5. The wizard automatically fills the name of the Source fabric and Path to source table.
  6. Select the Destination fabric from the dropdown menu.
  7. Enter the Replica path.
  8. (Optional): Click the toggle to enable Advanced options:
    • Throttle: Enable throttling to limit the speed of connection. Use this option to minimize the impact on the primary table, especially when under heavy load.
    • Synchronous: Enable synchronous replication.
    • Encrypt on wire: Enable this option to encrypt the replicated data during transfer.
  9. Click Column families.
    The Add replica wizard opens the Column families window.
  10. Select the column families you want to replicate.
    You can either:
    • Replicate all column families.
    • Replicate specific column families:
      1. Click the toggle for the column families you want to replicate.
      2. For each column family, you can either replicate All columns in the column family or you can Assign columns to replicate.
      3. If you select Assign columns, enter the column name in the Column name field. Click Add to add another column to replicate.
  11. Click Add.

Results

The table replica is created in the specified location.