Systems and methods for performing data replication

A system for performing data management operations, the system comprising:

• a first storage device that stores data associated with write operations from at least one computer application at a first location at a first time;
• at least one module configured to monitor the data write operations and to generate first log entries based on the data write operations;
• a second storage device comprising second log entries wherein the second log entries comprise copies of at least a portion of the first log entries;
• and
• a replication module in communication with the second storage device and configured to:
• process the copied data write operations in the second log entries to create replicated data stored in a second location,
• generate a snapshot of the replicated data on the second storage device at a second time after the second log file has been copied to the second storage device;
• and
• associate the snapshot of the replicated data with the data on the first location instead of performing a snapshot of the data on the first location at the first time, wherein after association, the snapshot of the replicated data appears to have been taken from the data on the first location at the first time.