Preface

The high availability (HA) features of WebLogic Server, Coherence, and Oracle Database provide an integrated solution for building maximum availability architectures that span data centers in distributed geographical locations. This document describes three supported WebLogic Server Maximum Availability Architectures (MAA), and provides design considerations that you can use to achieve high availability and disaster recovery solutions.

Audience

This document is intended for administrators, developers, and others whose role is to configure and manage Oracle WebLogic Server and Coherence architectures for high availability and disaster recovery.

Documentation Accessibility

For information about Oracle's commitment to accessibility, visit the Oracle Accessibility Program website at http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=docacc.

Access to Oracle Support

Oracle customers that have purchased support have access to electronic support through My Oracle Support. For information, visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=info or visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=trs if you are hearing impaired.

Conventions

The following text conventions are used in this document:

Convention Meaning

boldface

Boldface type indicates graphical user interface elements associated with an action, or terms defined in text or the glossary.

italic

Italic type indicates book titles, emphasis, or placeholder variables for which you supply particular values.

monospace

Monospace type indicates commands within a paragraph, URLs, code in examples, text that appears on the screen, or text that you enter.