Replication features

Links to FairCom data replication features

Abstract

FairCom replication is responsible for establishing connections to multiple FairCom servers maintaining a current position in case of connection failures, and logging exceptional transactions that cannot be reliably replicated.

Section	Description
Replication Manager features	Replication features specific to the Replication Manager.
Synchronous replication for reliable availability	Synchronous replication is required for high availability because only it can guarantee data is always the same on both servers at all points in time.
Apply parallel replication threads for performance	Parallel replication uses many threads to replicate data simultaneously. It can keep up with multiple database connections simultaneously writing data.
Bidirectional replication	This section describes how to enable bidirectional replication.
Replication latency	Replicated target data can occasionally fall behind source operations. While replication will eventually bring the two nodes into full consistency, it is useful to know the degree to which replication remains behind.
Record conflict detection	FairCom replication checks for record conflicts on update. This check ensures that the target server is not unexpectedly updated or not in sync with source data.
Redirect files to alternate locations	The Replication Agent supports mapping the names of FairCom data files on a source server to different filenames on a target server.
Replication state persistence	If the Replication Agent process terminates abnormally, it is desirable for the agent to resume replicating transactions from where it left off in the source server transaction logs. A persistence state is needed to maintain this information.
Replicate superfile hosts and members	Superfiles are a unique c-tree file containing a collection of data and index files within a single physical file. They are useful when combining files that should always be distributed as a complete set.