Sling Distribution, as opposed to Replication Agent

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Hi all,

AEM as a Cloud Service - ACS uses Sling Distribution, as opposed to Replication Agents to move content.

What is the benefit of this?

It must be a achieving something that Replication Agents could not,

Appreciate all your responses.

Thanks,

Rama.

[aanchal-sikka · Accepted solution]

@AEM_Forum 

SCD (Sling Content Distribution) is an API-driven method for content distribution that governs the transmission of content between various sling instances. Following are some key advantages of opting for SCD over Agent Replication:

1. In SCD, distribution occurs from one or more source instances to one or more target instances, whereas in Agent Replication, the setup of multiple replication agents is required.

2. In SCD, the sync distribution facilitates the synchronization of content across multiple publishers under the control of the author instance. Such use cases, where data synchronization across numerous publishers is needed, may not be easily achievable through Agent Replication. This is crucial for AEMaaCS for supporting Blue-Green deployment model, automatic upscaling etc.