Replication Scenarios; Single-Master Replication - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.01 - ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

Replication Scenarios

Replication Scenarios
This section describes the most commonly used replication scenarios:
•

Single-Master Replication

• Multi-Master Replication
• Cascading Replication
You can combine these basic scenarios to build the replication environment that
best suits your needs.
NOTE
Single-Master Replication
In the simplest replication scenario, the master copy of directory data is held in a
single read-write replica on one server called the supplier server. The supplier
server also maintains change log for this replica. On another server, called the
consumer server you have as many read-only replicas as you like. Such scenarios
are called single-master configurations. Figure 8-1 shows an example of
single-master replication.
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Whatever replication scenario you choose to implement, remember
to consider schema replication. For details, refer to Netscape
Directory Server Deployment Guide.