Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.2 Deployment Planning Guide

Using Multiple Directory Proxy Servers

The deployment shown in the following figure includes an enterprise firewall that rejects outside access to internal LDAP services. Client LDAP requests that are initiated internally go through Directory Proxy Server by way of a network load balancer, ensuring high availability at the IP level. Direct access to the Directory Servers is prevented, except for the host that is running Directory Proxy Server. Two Directory Proxy Servers are deployed to prevent the proxy from becoming an SPOF.

A fully meshed multi-master topology ensures that all masters can be used at any time in the event of failure of any other master. For simplicity, not all replication agreements are shown in this diagram.

Figure 12–4 Internal High Availability Configuration

A highly available architecture with four Directory Server replicas
and two Directory Proxy Servers