Primary and Replicate Data

Primary data is the set of data that is replicated from a source—the primary database, to another database—the replicate database, through the replication system. The set of data replicated from the primary database to the replicate database is the replicate data. The primary database is known to all of the Replication Servers with subscriptions for the data.

When planning your replication system, you need to:

Determine which databases contain the data you want to replicate to other databases.
Note: Although this document refers to Adaptive Server databases, you can use non-Adaptive Server databases with Replication Server.
Determine the databases where Replication Server will maintain copies of the data.