| ### replication CDS: Making a copy of a CDS directory in another clearinghouse. Replication can improve availability and load sharing. See also replica. GDS: The process by which copies of objects are created and maintained. DFS: The process of creating read-only copies of a fileset. In DFS, there are two types of replication: Release Replication and Scheduled Replication. Replication is supported only for DCE LFS filesets. See also Release Replication, Scheduled Replication. ###