Replication Design; Supplier Architecture - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 7.0 - DEPLOYMENT Deployment Manual

Replication Design

decides to use a multi-master replication design to ensure the high
example.com
availability of its directory data. For more information about multi-master
replication, refer to "Multi-Master Replication," on page 113.
The following sections provide more details about the supplier server architecture
and the supplier-consumer server topology.

Supplier Architecture

uses two supplier servers in a multi-master replication architecture.
example.com
The suppliers update one another so that the directory data remains consistent. The
supplier architecture works as follows:
Figure 8-4 Supplier Architecture for example.com Corporation
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