Question

Which of the following statement is incorrect related to catalog servers?

(a) They can be standalone catalog servers serving a single site

(b) They cannot serve the role of a global catalog service where two or more catalog servers are merged to include several sites

(c) They can be part of a federated catalog service

(d) None of the mentioned

This question was addressed to me during an internship interview.

The query is from SOA Communications topic in chapter Service Oriented Architecture of Cloud Computing

Answer 1

The correct answer is (b) They cannot serve the role of a global catalog service where two or more catalog servers are merged to include several sites

Easiest explanation: Catalog services have an enormous impact on large system performance and eventually become essential as a SOA internetwork system grows.