Replication Glossary

Browse 4 replication terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.

4 Replication Terms

Master-Slave
A replication or control architecture where one node (master/primary) accepts writes and propagates changes to one or more read-only nodes (slaves/replicas)....
Mirror Mirror
A playful phrase used when discussing mirrored environments, replicas, or duplicated data and systems. It often shows up in ops jokes about keeping two sides...
Read Replica
A read-only copy of a primary database that receives replicated writes asynchronously (or semi-synchronously), allowing read traffic to be distributed across...
Write Concern
A MongoDB setting that specifies the level of acknowledgment requested from the database for write operations — ranging from w:0 (fire and forget), w:1...

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