Defining A Replication Strategy - Red Hat DIRECTORY SERVER 8.1 - DEPLOYMENT Deployment Manual

Chapter 6. Designing the Replication Process
Figure 6.8. Combined Multi-Master and Cascading Replication

6.3. Defining a Replication Strategy

The replication strategy is determined by the services that must be provided. To determine the
replication strategy, start by performing a survey of the network, users, applications, and how they use
the directory service.
• Assess the resources within the network, the traffic loads, and resource requirements for the
directory service.
Section 6.3.1, "Conducting a Replication
See
Requirements", and
• If there are multiple consumers for different locations or sections of the company or if some servers
are insecure, then use fractional replication to exclude sensitive or seldom-modified information to
maintain data integrity without compromising sensitive information.
Section 6.3.2, "Replicated Selected Attributes with Fractional Replication"
See
• If the network is stretched across a wide geographical area, there are multiple Directory Servers at
multiple sites, with local data masters connected by multi-master replication.
Section 6.3.5, "Replication Across a Wide-Area Network"
See
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Section 6.3.4, "Managing Disk Space Required for Multi-Master
Survey", Section 6.3.3, "Replication Resource
for more information.
Replication".
for more information.