Synchronous replication

A non-transitory machine readable medium having stored thereon instructions for performing a method comprising machine executable code which when executed by at least one machine, causes the machine to:

• receive a write operation targeting a first storage object having a synchronous replication relationship with a first replication storage object;
• split the write operation into a first replication write operation targeting the first replication storage object;
• implement the write operation upon the first storage object and the first replication write operation upon the first replication storage object;
• and
• withhold a client acknowledgement that the write operation is complete until the write operation and the first replication write operation are complete.

A computing device comprising:

• a memory containing machine readable medium comprising machine executable code having stored thereon instructions for performing a method of synchronous replication;
• and
• a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to execute the machine executable code to cause the processor to:
• receive a write operation targeting a first storage object having a synchronous replication relationship with a first replication storage object;
• split the write operation into a first replication write operation targeting the first replication storage object;
• implement the write operation upon the first storage object and the first replication write operation upon the first replication storage object;
• and
• withhold a client acknowledgement that the write operation is complete until the write operation and the first replication write operation are complete.