diff --git a/docs/en-US/cloud-infrastructure-overview.xml b/docs/en-US/cloud-infrastructure-overview.xml index 32f2246eeb8..49a413871a5 100644 --- a/docs/en-US/cloud-infrastructure-overview.xml +++ b/docs/en-US/cloud-infrastructure-overview.xml @@ -25,15 +25,48 @@
Cloud Infrastructure Overview - 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: - Zone: Typically, a zone is equivalent to a single datacenter. A zone consists of one or more pods and secondary storage. - Pod: A pod is usually one rack of hardware that includes a layer-2 switch and one or more clusters. - Cluster: A cluster consists of one or more hosts and primary storage. - Host: A single compute node within a cluster. The hosts are where the actual cloud services run in the form of guest virtual machines. - Primary storage is associated with a cluster, and it stores the disk volumes for all the VMs running on hosts in that cluster. - Secondary storage is associated with a zone, and it stores templates, ISO images, and disk volume snapshots. + + + Zone: Typically, a zone is equivalent to a single + datacenter. A zone consists of one or more pods and secondary + storage. + + + + + Pod: A pod is usually one rack of hardware that includes a + layer-2 switch and one or more clusters. + + + + + Cluster: A cluster consists of one or more hosts and primary + storage. + + + + + Host: A single compute node within a cluster. The hosts are + where the actual cloud services run in the form of guest + virtual machines. + + + + + Primary storage is associated with a cluster, and it stores + the disk volumes for all the VMs running on hosts in that cluster. + + + + Secondary storage is associated with a zone, and it stores + templates, ISO images, and disk volume snapshots. + +