Shows the clearinghouses where the directory is replicated. The master or the read-only icon next to the clearinghouse Sorry. HyperReader cannot reproduce this figure. Sorry. HyperReader cannot reproduce this figure. indicates the type of replica: The master replica is the first instance of a specific di- rectory in the namespace. After you make copies of the directory, you can designate a different replica as the master, if necessary, but only one master replica of each directory can exist at a time. A read-only replica is a copy of a directory that is avail- able only for looking up information. DECdns does not create, modify, or delete names in read-only replicas; it simply updates them with changes made to the master replica. Read-only replicas save resources because DECdns does not make changes in them, nor does it have to gather changes from them to disseminate to other replicas.