Threading of replication based on data type

A method for performing a replication to a secondary computing system in a manner that depends on a data type of at least some data that is to be replicated as a part of the replication, said method comprising:

• identifying one or more characteristics of a region of data that is to be replicated from a primary computing system to the secondary computing system;
• determining multi-threading capabilities of the primary computing system;
• determining multi-threading capabilities of the secondary computing system, wherein determining the multi-threading capabilities of the secondary computing system and of the primary computing system includes facilitating an agreement between the secondary computing system and the primary computing system regarding a number of buffers to use during an operation comprising a multi-threaded replication;
• based on the identified one or more characteristics of the region of data and based on the multi-threading capabilities of both the primary computing system and the secondary computing system, deciding to perform the multi-threaded replication of the data in the region using one or more multi-threading parameters;
• communicating the one or more multi-threading parameters to the secondary computing system;
• and
• in response to the decision to perform the multi-threaded replication of the data in the region using the one or more multi-threading parameters, performing the multi-threaded replication of the data in the region using the one or more multi-threading parameters.

A primary computing system that is configured to perform a full replication to a secondary computing system, said replication being performed in a manner that is dependent on a data type of data that is to be replicated, the primary computing system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more computer-readable hardware storage devices that store instructions that are executable by the one or more processors to cause the primary computing system to:
• identify a data type of a region of data that is to be replicated within the full replication from the primary computing system to the secondary computing system;
• determine a variability in size of partitionable portions of the identified data type;
• determine multi-threading capabilities of the primary computing system;
• determine multi-threading capabilities of the secondary computing system, wherein determining the multi-threading capabilities of the secondary computing system and of the primary computing system includes facilitating an agreement between the secondary computing system and the primary computing system regarding a number of buffers to use during an operation comprising a multi-threaded replication;
• based on the determined variability of the identified data type and based on the multi-threading capabilities of both the primary computing system and the secondary computing system, decide to perform the full replication of the data in the region using one or more threading parameters, wherein the one or more threading parameters include whether to multi-thread or single-thread the full replication;
• communicate the one or more threading parameters to the secondary computing system;
• and
• in response to deciding to perform the full replication of the data in the region using the one or more threading parameters, perform replication of the data in the region using the one or more threading parameters.