1. A method comprising: determining at least one metric associated with a replication operation to replicate at least a portion of a first object stored on one of a client, a first storage appliance and a second storage appliance onto another one of the client, the first storage appliance and the second storage appliance; and regulating the replication operation, the regulating comprising selectively regulating at least one parameter of the replication operation based at least in part on the at least one metric.