2. The Directory Server Access Control Model
3. Understanding the Directory Server Schema
4. Directory Server Index Databases
5. Understanding Directory Server Plug-Ins
Overview of the Directory Server Replication Architecture
Basic Replication Architecture
Directory Server Change Processing
Historical Information and Conflict Resolution
What is a Replication Conflict?
Purging Historical Information
Schema Replication Architecture
Replication Status Definitions
Full Update Status and Bad Generation ID Status
Safe Read Mode and Replication Groups
Assured Replication Connection Algorithm
Assured Replication and Replication Status
Assured Replication Monitoring
Fractional Data Set Identification
Fractional Replication Filtering
Fractional Replication and Local Operations
How the External Change Log Works
Porting Applications that Rely on Other Change Logs
Differences Between the ECL and the LDAP Change Log Draft
Additional Differences Between the ECL and the Sun DSEE Retro Change Log
API for Compatibility With the LDAP Change Log Draft and the Sun DSEE Retro Change Log
Limitations of the Compability API
Directory server replication uses a loosely consistent multi-master model. All directory servers that are part of a replication topology can accept read and write operations.
The following architectural topics are targeted at developers and at users who want to understand the internals of the replication mechanism. It is not necessary to read these topics just to be able to use replication. For information about configuring and using replication, see Replicating Directory Data in Sun OpenDS Standard Edition 2.2 Administration Guide.
The following topics describe the architecture of the directory server replication functionality.