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Figure 9-8 Directory tree for Example Corp. International's extranet
9.2.4 Multinational enterprise topology design
At this point, Example Corp. designs its database and server topologies. The following sections
describe each topology in more detail.
9.2.4.1 Database topology
The following diagram illustrates the database topology of one of Example Corp.'s main localities,
Europe:
Figure 9-9 Database topology for Example Corp. Europe
The database links point to databases stored locally in each country. For example, operation
requests received by the Example Corp. Europe server for the data under the l=US branch are
chained by a database link to a database on a server in Austin, Texas. For more information about
database links and chaining, see “Using chaining”.
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