You store configuration information and metadata in either file-based or database repositories. All instances that share the same configuration information are part of the same farm.

A cluster consists of multiple instances that can be from multiple nodes and installations, while an instance can only be part of one cluster. The cluster shares identical configuration information and application deployments. Each instance configuration is part of the overall cluster configuration.

Each OracleAS instance that is part of a cluster managed using a repository consists of the following clustering components: (more…)

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