Originally Posted by
invisible
Physics is a problem here. For sync replication RTT should not exceed 30ms with all processing time included. Limits to 40 miles radius, requires DWDM and (very) expensive SFPs and cables.
Here's an article from 2012:
http://www.storagereview.com/emc_vpl...e_data_centers.
This might help you adjust your original numbers some. And I've seen this in practice so yeah it works.