Techniques for data replication involve: in response to a first source state machine associated with a source file system being booted up, booting up a second source state machine associated with the source file system, the first source state machine performing a first operation for resizing a first storage area of data for replication from the source file system; transmitting a resizing message from the second source state machine to a destination file system, to enable the destination file system to perform a second operation for resizing a second storage area for storing the data to be replicated into the destination file system; and in response to the first operation and the second operation being successfully performed, enabling the data for replication from the source file system to be replicated into the destination file system.