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title: Overview of the PingDirectoryProxy server components and terminology
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# Overview of the PingDirectoryProxy server components and terminology

This section describes each PingDirectoryProxy server component in more detail.

The PingDirectoryProxy server provides the following components and functionalities for the proxy capabilities:

* Locations

* LDAP External Servers

* LDAP Health Checks

* Load-Balancing Algorithms

* Data Transformations

* Request Processors

* Server Affinity Providers

* Subtree Views

* Connection Pools

* Client Connection Policies

* Entry Balancing