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David Nalley 2012-10-17 20:35:41 -04:00 committed by Chip Childers
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<section id="cloud-infrastructure-overview">
<title>Cloud Infrastructure Overview</title>
<para>
The Management Server manages one or more zones (typically, datacenters) containing host computers where guest virtual machines will run. The cloud infrastructure is organized as follows:
The Management Server manages one or more zones (typically,
datacenters) containing host computers where guest virtual
machines will run. The cloud infrastructure is organized as follows:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Zone: Typically, a zone is equivalent to a single datacenter. A zone consists of one or more pods and secondary storage.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Pod: A pod is usually one rack of hardware that includes a layer-2 switch and one or more clusters.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Cluster: A cluster consists of one or more hosts and primary storage.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Host: A single compute node within a cluster. The hosts are where the actual cloud services run in the form of guest virtual machines.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Primary storage is associated with a cluster, and it stores the disk volumes for all the VMs running on hosts in that cluster.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Secondary storage is associated with a zone, and it stores templates, ISO images, and disk volume snapshots.</para></listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Zone: Typically, a zone is equivalent to a single
datacenter. A zone consists of one or more pods and secondary
storage.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Pod: A pod is usually one rack of hardware that includes a
layer-2 switch and one or more clusters.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Cluster: A cluster consists of one or more hosts and primary
storage.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Host: A single compute node within a cluster. The hosts are
where the actual cloud services run in the form of guest
virtual machines.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Primary storage is associated with a cluster, and it stores
the disk volumes for all the VMs running on hosts in that cluster.
</para></listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Secondary storage is associated with a zone, and it stores
templates, ISO images, and disk volume snapshots.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
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