Using Provider Services, you can create active-active cluster of identical databases belonging to one Essbase server, to multiple Essbase servers on the same computer, or to Essbase servers distributed across multiple computers over the network.
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Provider Services clients include Smart View clients, custom Java application programming interface (API) clients, and XML for Analysis (XMLA) clients. Provider Services distributes client requests to database instances belonging to the cluster. An active-active Essbase cluster supports read-only operations on the databases; it does not support data write-back or outline modification. An active-active Essbase cluster does not manage database replication capabilities, such as synchronizing the changes in one database across all databases in the cluster.
After configuring a set of Essbase servers for active-active clustering, you must define and enable the cluster under the Provider Services node in the Enterprise View of Administration Services Console. See Enabling Clustered Database Components.