Overview of replication

This section presents a high-level description of the various types of replication topologies.

Simple replication
The basic relationship in replication is that of a master server and its replica server. The master server can contain a directory or a subtree of a directory. You can use the information and example provided here to know more about it.
Cascading replication
Cascading replication is a topology that has multiple tiers of servers. You can use the information and example provided here to know more about it.
Peer-to-peer replication
There can be several servers acting as masters for directory information, with each master responsible for updating other master servers and replica servers. This is referred to as peer replication. You can use the information and example provided here to know more about it.
Gateway replication
Gateway replication is a more complex adaptation of peer-to-peer replication that extends replication capabilities across networks. You can use the information and example provided here to know more about it.
Partial replication
You can use the information and links provided here to know more about it.
Replication conflict resolution
You can know more about replication conflicts and ways to resolve those by reading the information provided here.
Replication error handling
Replication errors are any replicated updates for which the consumer returns a result other than LDAP_SUCCESS. Replication conflict errors return LDAP_OTHER and a special control, and are not treated as errors unless the data is greater than allowed by the server configuration. You can use the information provided here to know more about it.

Parent topic: Replication