The document discusses shared components of database management systems (DBMS). It describes five main shared components: (1) a catalog manager, (2) a memory allocator, (3) disk management subsystems, (4) replication services, and (5) monitoring and administration tools. The catalog manager stores metadata about the database. The memory allocator handles memory allocation for different DBMS contexts. Disk management involves mapping files to disks in various configurations including RAID and SAN systems. Replication services are used to replicate data across multiple database servers. Monitoring and administration tools help with tasks such as statistics gathering, backups, and performance monitoring.