Matthew, let me try and answer your questions. In the referenced blurb physical nodes refers to the actual server/box/computer/physical compute unit. Whereas bare-metal is referring to the state (specifically as far as software is concerned) of said physical node. Put more simply, we're talking about servers without any software or any type of configuration whatsoever performed on them. Configuring and installing those servers is referred to as "moving" them from one state (bare-metal) to the next state where they are configured, installed and part of a cluster.
Hope this doesn't just make sense to me, let me know if you have further questions. Simon From: crowbar-bounces On Behalf Of Work Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 2:48 PM To: crowbar Subject: [Crowbar] What is Crowbar exactly? Hello Dell, Your home page for the Crowbar project (http://crowbar.github.io/home.html)'s big top blurb says "The Crowbar Project is an effort to build a complete, easy to use operational platform for everyone. It allows for any number of physical nodes to be moved from bare-metal to production cluster within hours." What do you mean by 'any number of *physical nodes* to be //moved// from *bare-metal* to *production cluster*? What is the definition of a physical node, and how is it different from bare-metal? A production cluster makes sense; I assume it is a cluster of physical bare-metal nodes. So this leads to the final question: What are you moving and from where? Thanks, Matthew Kaufman SPCLOPS.COM<http://SPCLOPS.COM> | 202-407-7998
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