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Working With Oracle® Solaris 11.3 Directory and Naming Services: LDAP

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Updated: September 2018
 
 

Planning the Deployment of LDAP Master and Replica Servers

You can deploy the master and replica servers in the following ways:

  • Single-master replication

  • Multi-master replication

Single-Master Replication

In the single-master replication strategy, one master server exists for a specific network or subnetwork. The master server stores writable copies of the directories. Replica servers store read-only copies. Only the master server can perform write operations.

If the master server becomes unavailable, no other server can perform write operations. This strategy therefore has a single point of failure.

Multi-Master Replication

In the multi-master replication strategy, multiple master servers store read-write copies of the same directories. Updating the same directories in different master servers can cause conflicts. You must establish a conflict resolution policy, such as "last writer wins" when using the multi-master replication strategy.

For information about how to set up replica servers, refer to the administration guide for the version of ODSEE that you are using. For large-scale enterprise deployments, you must use multi-master replication.