1. Introduction to Geographic Edition Software
2. Key Concepts for Geographic Edition
3. Geographic Edition Architecture
Geographic Edition Hardware Environment
Data Replication Configuration
Geographically Distributed Cluster Topology
Geographic Edition software provides tools for managing geographically separated clusters. The Geographic Edition product also provides highly available services within a cluster by utilizing Oracle Solaris Cluster resource management features.
The following software components form a Geographic Edition cluster:
Solaris 10 software
Oracle Solaris Cluster software
Geographic Edition software
Application data service agents
Data replication software
Either Solaris Volume Manager or Veritas Volume Manager
The following figure illustrates how components of the Geographic Edition software interrelate.
Figure 3-1 Overview of Geographic Edition Software Architecture
You can install and remove the Geographic Edition software independently of the underlying Oracle Solaris Cluster installation. The installation and the uninstallation processes do not require an additional node reboot or cluster downtime.