Helix Core Server Administrator Guide: Multi-Site Deployment (2019.2)

How replica types handle requests

Replica servers differ in how they respond to user commands:

Replica type	Global update commands	Read-only commands	Work-in-progress commands
Standby, replica	Reject	Local	Reject
Forwarding standby, forwarding replica	Forward	Local	Forward
Build server (for client creation and local sync)	p4 client	Local	p4 sync
Edge server	Forward	Local	Local
Standard server, commit server	Local	Local	Local

User requests fall into three categories, depending on the command and command options:

Global update	Read-only	Work-in-progress
p4 branch p4 change p4 configure set p4 client p4 counter p4 depot p4 group p4 job p4 label p4 protect p4 server p4 stream p4 triggers p4 typemap p4 user	p4 branches p4 changes p4 configure show p4 client -o p4 clients p4 counters p4 depots p4 dirs p4 filelog p4 files p4 fstat p4 fixes p4 groups p4 interchanges p4 jobs p4 labels p4 opened p4 servers p4 streams p4 sizes p4 user -o p4 users p4 where p4 workspaces	p4 add p4 edit p4 delete p4 diff p4 integrate p4 reconcile p4 resolve p4 revert p4 shelve p4 submit p4 sync p4 unshelve

Global update

Read-only

Work-in-progress