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<!DOCTYPE section PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY % BOOK_ENTITIES SYSTEM "cloudstack.ent">
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%BOOK_ENTITIES;
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]>
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<section id="about-clusters">
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<title>About Clusters</title>
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<para>
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A cluster provides a way to group hosts. To be precise, a cluster is a
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XenServer server pool, a set of KVM servers, <!-- a set of OVM hosts -->, or a
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VMware cluster preconfigured in vCenter. The hosts in a cluster all
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have identical hardware, run the same hypervisor, are on the same subnet,
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and access the same shared primary storage. Virtual machine instances
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(VMs) can be live-migrated from one host to another within the same
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cluster, without interrupting service to the user.
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</para>
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<para>
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A cluster is the third-largest organizational unit within a &PRODUCT;
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deployment. Clusters are contained within pods, and pods are contained
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within zones. Size of the cluster is limited by the underlying hypervisor,
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although the &PRODUCT; recommends less in most cases; see Best Practices.
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</para>
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<para>
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A cluster consists of one or more hosts and one or more primary storage
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servers.
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</para>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="./images/cluster-overview.png" />
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</imageobject>
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<textobject><phrase>cluster-overview.png: Structure of a simple cluster</phrase></textobject>
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</mediaobject>
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<para>&PRODUCT; allows multiple clusters in a cloud deployment.</para>
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<para>
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Even when local storage is used exclusively, clusters are still required
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organizationally, even if there is just one host per cluster.
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</para>
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<para>
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When VMware is used, every VMware cluster is managed by a vCenter server.
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Administrator must register the vCenter server with &PRODUCT;. There may
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be multiple vCenter servers per zone. Each vCenter server may manage
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multiple VMware clusters.
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</para>
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</section>
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