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Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition Reference 11 g Release 1 (11.1.1.5.0)
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Preface

1.  Directory Server Enterprise Edition File Reference

Software Layout for Directory Server Enterprise Edition

Directory Server Instance Default Layout

Directory Proxy Server Instance Default Layout

Part I Directory Server Reference

2.  Directory Server Overview

3.  Directory Server LDAP URLs

4.  Directory Server LDIF and Search Filters

5.  Directory Server Security

6.  Directory Server Monitoring

7.  Directory Server Replication

8.  Directory Server Data Caching

9.  Directory Server Indexing

10.  Directory Server Logging

11.  Directory Server Groups and Roles

12.  Directory Server Class of Service

13.  Directory Server DSMLv2

14.  Directory Server Internationalization Support

Part II Directory Proxy Server Reference

15.  Directory Proxy Server Overview

16.  Directory Proxy Server Load Balancing and Client Affinity

LDAP Data Source Pools

Load Balancing

Introduction to Load Balancing

Proportional Algorithm for Load Balancing

Saturation Algorithm for Load Balancing

Operational Affinity Algorithm for Load Balancing

Disadvantage of Using the Operational Affinity Algorithm for Load Balancing

Operational Affinity Algorithm for Global Account Lockout

Operational Affinity Algorithm for Cache Optimization

Failover Algorithm for Load Balancing

Adaptive Failover Algorithm for Load Balancing

Fastest Server Algorithm for Load Balancing

Client Affinity

17.  Directory Proxy Server Distribution

18.  Directory Proxy Server Virtualization

19.  Connections Between Directory Proxy Server and Backend LDAP Servers

20.  Connections Between Clients and Directory Proxy Server

21.  Directory Proxy Server Client Authentication

22.  Security in Directory Proxy Server

23.  Directory Proxy Server Logging

24.  Directory Proxy Server Alerts and Monitoring

Index

Client Affinity

Client affinity is defined between a client connection and a data source. When client affinity is defined, requests from a specified client connection are distributed to a specified data source in a data source pool.

The client affinity feature reduces the risk of propagation delay in deployments that use load balancing. Propagation delays can occur when a client makes consecutive requests that target the same entry if those requests are not treated by the same data source. For example, a client might make one request to change an entry and a second request to use the changed entry. If the second request is treated by a data source that has not been updated by the first request, an error occurs.

Client affinity can be configured in the following ways:

Client affinity takes precedence over the load balancing algorithm. Directory Proxy Server distributes a request from the specified connection to the specified data source, irrespective of the load balancing algorithm.

If client affinity is defined and enabled, the load balancing algorithm takes precedence in the following circumstances:

A data source cannot be used for a request in the following circumstances:

For information about how to configure client affinity, see Configuring Client Affinity in Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition Administration Guide.

The client affinity feature must be used to configure Directory Proxy Server as a simple, connection based router. For information, see Configuring Directory Proxy Server as a Connection Based Router in Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition Administration Guide.