RA (Registrant Authority)A Registrant Authority works in conjunction with the Certificate Authority (CA) approving or rejecting requests for certificates of public keys.
RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks)A method of accessing multiple individual disks as if the array were one larger disk, spreading data access out over these multiple disks.
RAID (Redundant Arrays of Independent Disks)A way of storing the same data in different places on multiple hard disks. Storing data on multiple disks can improve performance by balancing input and…
Replica Location Index (RLI)Collects information about the logical name mappings stored in one or more Local Replica Catalogs (LRCs) and answers queries about those mappings.
Replica Location Service (RLS)A distributed registry that keeps track of where replicas exist on physical storage systems.
resourceData, metadata, a collection of data, or a collection of metadata accessed as a content item. Examples: a document, a database table, a content class.
resource propertiesA resource is composed of zero or more resource properties which describe the resource.
Resource Specification Language (RSL)Term used to describe a GRAM job for GT2 and GT3. (Note: This is not the same as RLS - the Replica Location Service)
ResourceHomeIn Java WS Core, resources are managed and discovered via ResourceHome implementations.
RLS attributeDescriptive information that may be associated with a logical or target name mapping registered in a Local Replica Catalog (LRC).