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Additionally, Sakai stores and displays rich content as one of its primary functions. In order to provide a robust system for making content available across multiple application servers, as well as provide backup and failover, we will be storing content for Sakai in AFS.
Requirements for Data Provisioning using Providers and Batch Processes
Sakai Providers
The Sakai Providers will handle provisioning data into Sakai when user, affiliation, course information is requested. The providers, including the UCDavisUserDirectoryProvider, UCDavisGroupProvider, and UCDavisCourseManagementProvider will supply data to Sakai in order for Sakai to create sites, users, and roles dynamically.
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