With the Connector Server Framework (CSF), the Connector Server high availability features increase reliability and scalability.
Reliability is enhanced by having multiple Connector Servers serve a Provisioning Server, so it can continue to function if one or more Connector Servers become unavailable.
For example, if one Connector Server manages the UNIX endpoint type and another manages the Active Directory endpoint type; and the Active Directory Connector Server becomes unavailable, the Provisioning Server can still manage the UNIX endpoint types.
Scalability is achieved by having a mechanism to add more Connector Servers to manage an increasing amount of endpoint types or endpoints. For example, if the number of endpoint types increases to 100, the Provisioning Server can be configured to have 20 Connector Servers, with each Connector Server managing five endpoint types. Or configure 20 Connector Servers with each Connector Server managing overlapping sets of 10 endpoint types to allow for failover and load balancing behaviors as well.
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