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With the removal of nova-network, this (rx/tx factor parameter) is no longer relevant and should not be specified.

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Manage flavors
==============
In OpenStack, a flavor defines the compute, memory, and storage
capacity of a virtual server, also known as an instance. As an
administrative user, you can create and delete flavors and update
their metadata.
As of Newton, there are no default flavors. The following table
lists the default flavors for Mitaka and earlier.
============ ========= =============== =============
Flavor VCPUs Disk (in GB) RAM (in MB)
============ ========= =============== =============
m1.tiny 1 1 512
m1.small 1 20 2048
m1.medium 2 40 4096
m1.large 4 80 8192
m1.xlarge 8 160 16384
============ ========= =============== =============
Create flavors
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
#. Log in to the Dashboard and select the :guilabel:`admin` project
from the drop-down list.
#. In the :guilabel:`Admin` tab, open the :guilabel:`Compute`
tab and click the :guilabel:`Flavors` category.
#. Click :guilabel:`Create Flavor`.
#. In the :guilabel:`Create Flavor` window, enter or select the
parameters for the flavor in the :guilabel:`Flavor Information` tab.
.. figure:: figures/create_flavor.png
**Dashboard — Create Flavor**
========================= =======================================
**Name** Enter the flavor name.
**ID** Unique ID (integer or UUID) for the
new flavor. If specifying 'auto', a
UUID will be automatically generated.
**VCPUs** Enter the number of virtual CPUs to
use.
**RAM (MB)** Enter the amount of RAM to use, in
megabytes.
**Root Disk (GB)** Enter the amount of disk space in
gigabytes to use for the root (/)
partition.
**Ephemeral Disk (GB)** Enter the amount of disk space in
gigabytes to use for the ephemeral
partition. If unspecified, the value
is 0 by default.
Ephemeral disks offer machine local
disk storage linked to the lifecycle
of a VM instance. When a VM is
terminated, all data on the ephemeral
disk is lost. Ephemeral disks are not
included in any snapshots.
**Swap Disk (MB)** Enter the amount of swap space (in
megabytes) to use. If unspecified,
the default is 0.
========================= =======================================
#. In the :guilabel:`Flavor Access` tab, you can control access to
the flavor by moving projects from the :guilabel:`All Projects`
column to the :guilabel:`Selected Projects` column.
Only projects in the :guilabel:`Selected Projects` column can
use the flavor. If there are no projects in the right column,
all projects can use the flavor.
#. Click :guilabel:`Create Flavor`.
Update Metadata
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
#. Log in to the Dashboard and select the :guilabel:`admin` project
from the drop-down list.
#. In the :guilabel:`Admin` tab, open the :guilabel:`Compute` tab
and click the :guilabel:`Flavors` category.
#. Select the flavor that you want to update. In the drop-down
list, click :guilabel:`Update Metadata` or click :guilabel:`No` or
:guilabel:`Yes` in the :guilabel:`Metadata` column.
#. In the :guilabel:`Update Flavor Metadata` window, you can customize
some metadata keys, then add it to this flavor and set them values.
#. Click :guilabel:`Save`.
**Optional metadata keys**
+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+
| | quota:cpu_shares |
| +-------------------------------+
| **CPU limits** | quota:cpu_period |
| +-------------------------------+
| | quota:cpu_limit |
| +-------------------------------+
| | quota:cpu_reservation |
| +-------------------------------+
| | quota:cpu_quota |
+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+
| | quota:disk_read_bytes_sec |
| +-------------------------------+
| **Disk tuning** | quota:disk_read_iops_sec |
| +-------------------------------+
| | quota:disk_write_bytes_sec |
| +-------------------------------+
| | quota:disk_write_iops_sec |
| +-------------------------------+
| | quota:disk_total_bytes_sec |
| +-------------------------------+
| | quota:disk_total_iops_sec |
+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+
| | quota:vif_inbound_average |
| +-------------------------------+
| **Bandwidth I/O** | quota:vif_inbound_burst |
| +-------------------------------+
| | quota:vif_inbound_peak |
| +-------------------------------+
| | quota:vif_outbound_average |
| +-------------------------------+
| | quota:vif_outbound_burst |
| +-------------------------------+
| | quota:vif_outbound_peak |
+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+
| **Watchdog behavior** | hw:watchdog_action |
+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+
| | hw_rng:allowed |
| +-------------------------------+
| **Random-number generator** | hw_rng:rate_bytes |
| +-------------------------------+
| | hw_rng:rate_period |
+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+
For information about supporting metadata keys, see the
the Compute service documentation.
Delete flavors
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
#. Log in to the Dashboard and select the :guilabel:`admin` project
from the drop-down list.
#. In the :guilabel:`Admin` tab, open the :guilabel:`Compute` tab
and click the :guilabel:`Flavors` category.
#. Select the flavors that you want to delete.
#. Click :guilabel:`Delete Flavors`.
#. In the :guilabel:`Confirm Delete Flavors` window, click
:guilabel:`Delete Flavors` to confirm the deletion. You cannot
undo this action.