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.