Figure A 3   

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Red Hat Network   Satellite model

The pictures in figures Figure A 1 on page 163, Figure A 2 on page 164, and 

Figure A 3 are taken from the Red Hat Web page  Red Hat Network 

Architecture  at:

http://www.redhat.com/software/rhn/architecture/

In the Proxy and Satellite models it is still possible for systems to connect directly 

to Red Hat Network at Red Hat, although that is not necessary.

In this section we concentrate on the Satellite model, which is the preferred 

solution for large numbers of systems.

Technical architecture

In short, the technical architecture of the satellite server consists of a server 

application on top of a database to contain all the data about system, groups, 

entitlement, channels, packages, and errata. This application has a management 

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