On Tue, 20 Jan 2026 at 05:03, Denis <[email protected]> wrote:

> The 389-ds-base package description, as well as the 389ds architecture
> design (https://www.port389.org/docs/389ds/design/architecture), mention
> that multimaster replication is "four-way." Can you explain what this
> means? And why four?


I can't see any reference to four-way replication or multimaster
specifically at https://www.port389.org/docs/389ds/design/architecture

https://www.port389.org/docs/389ds/howto/howto-multisupplierreplication.html
will point you to
https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_directory_server/11/html/administration_guide/managing_replication

Which if you then go up a few levels takes you to the Planning and Design
docs:
https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_directory_server/13/html/planning_and_designing_directory_server/index


And from there to Designing the Replication Process:
https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_directory_server/13/html/planning_and_designing_directory_server/designing-the-replication-process

Ultimately the number of replicas and replication agreements is a result of
your failure domains and scenarios, and risk appetite.  And failure domains
is a function of your number of data
centers/rooms/racks/hypervisors/physical hosts or cloud regions and/or
availability zones.

The fully connected mesh topology shows 4 replicas (which could for example
be two per DC) each with 3 outgoing replication agreements.
https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_directory_server/13/html/planning_and_designing_directory_server/designing-the-replication-process#fully_connected_mesh_topology
.

You could argue that's four-way replication, since it's 4 replicas.
Although it's really three-way or twelve-way depending on how you look at
it. :-\
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