2.5. Organizational Structures

Red Hat Satellite 5 can group systems, content, and configuration into multiple and distinct organizations. This is useful for companies with multiple divisions, such a Finance, Marketing, Sales, and so forth. Each organization acts as an individually managed Satellite, each with their own configuration and system profiles. However, Satellite can share content (software channels) among multiple organizations.

Red Hat Satellite 5 also has the ability to synchronize content across multiple Satellite Servers. This allows administrators to provide geographically dispersed Satellites that share the same software channels. For example, a company might have offices in three separate locations and each might require a Satellite, but synchronizing content from a chosen parent Satellite Server.

図2.4 Example Topology for Red Hat Satellite 5

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All systems management operations occur on the Satellite to which they are registered.