XMS Configuration Guide
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Propagation is the act of accessing assets that are stored on one server and saving them
onto another server. Guided by your asset distribution and sharing needs, Xmedia Servers
can be configured for a simple unidirectional propagation between two servers, bidirectional
propagation between two servers or a combination of both.
Figure
17-1
provides an example of a propagation configuration where assets can be
copied from a propagation server (XMS 0) to one or more recipient servers by listing the
recipient servers as propagation locations on the propagation server’s Xmedia Server
Control Panel.
Recipient servers can also be configured as propagation servers, which allows for
bidirectional propagation. Again figure
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demonstrates that the recipient server XMS 1
has listed the propagation server (XMS 0) as a propagation location on its Xmedia Server
Control Panel. In such a configuration, when assets are propagated from the XMS 1 server
to the XMS 0 server, the XMS 0 server may also propagate the assets to the other
associated servers (XMS 2 & XMS 3). Internal mechanism prevent the XMS 0 server from
propagating the assets back to the XMS 1 server (since they originally came from there).
Figure 17-1. Propagating to and from various Xmedia Servers
Propagation Server
Recipient & Propagation
Recipient Server
Recipient Server
(XMS 0)
Server (XMS 1)
(XMS 2)
(XMS 3)
