From 3321a5c1802c5194d58c5695d09f29e89e982462 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: asettle Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2015 13:29:34 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] Edits to the ch_compute.xml file Edited for clarity and removal of unnnecessary/confusing content. Change-Id: Id79062412e730ca94a95193b4fd374efde8ba957 Implements: blueprint arch-guide --- doc/arch-design/ch_compute_focus.xml | 68 +++++++++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/arch-design/ch_compute_focus.xml b/doc/arch-design/ch_compute_focus.xml index 6948a7ac7e..0feba7f799 100644 --- a/doc/arch-design/ch_compute_focus.xml +++ b/doc/arch-design/ch_compute_focus.xml @@ -4,42 +4,38 @@ xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="5.0" xml:id="compute_focus"> - Compute focused - - A compute-focused cloud is a specialized subset of the general purpose - OpenStack cloud architecture. Unlike the general purpose OpenStack - architecture, which hosts a wide variety of workloads and - applications and does not heavily tax any particular computing aspect, - a compute-focused cloud specifically supports - compute intensive workloads. Compute intensive - workloads may be CPU intensive, RAM intensive, or both; they are - not typically storage intensive or network intensive. Compute-focused - workloads may include the following use cases: - - - High performance computing (HPC) - - - Big data analytics using Hadoop or other distributed data - stores - - - Continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) - - - Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) - - - Signal processing for network function virtualization (NFV) - - - Based on the use case requirements, such clouds might need to provide - additional services such as a virtual machine disk library, file or object - storage, firewalls, load balancers, IP addresses, or network connectivity - in the form of overlays or virtual local area networks (VLANs). A - compute-focused OpenStack cloud does not typically use raw block storage - services as it does not generally host applications that require - persistent block storage. + Compute focused + Compute-focused clouds are a specialized subset of the general purpose + OpenStack cloud architecture. A compute-focused cloud specifically supports + compute intensive workloads. + + Compute intensive workloads may be CPU intensive, RAM intensive, + or both; they are not typically storage or network intensive. + + Compute-focused workloads may include the following use cases: + + + High performance computing (HPC) + + + Big data analytics using Hadoop or other distributed data + stores + + + Continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) + + + Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) + + + Signal processing for network function virtualization (NFV) + + + + A compute-focused OpenStack cloud does not typically use raw block storage + services as it does not host applications that require + persistent block storage. +