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Database Topology for example.com Europe
Figure 8-9
The database links point to databases stored locally in each country. For example,
operation requests received by the
the branch are chained by a database link to a database on a server in Austin,
l=US
Texas. For more information about database links and chaining, refer to "Using
Chaining," on page 98.
The master copy of the data for
is kept in the Europe, as shown by the box in Figure 8-9.
dc=com,
The data center in Europe contains the master copies of the data for the extranet.
The extranet data is stored in three databases, one for each of the main branches.
The following figures shows the database topology for the extranet:
Europe server for the data under
example.com
dc=exampleCorp,dc=com
Chapter 8
A Multinational Enterprise and its Extranet
and the root entry,
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