I think the problem here is that "move" is a confusing choice of verb, because Crowbar doesn't really move anything: rather it transforms the state of those servers. I've fixed the wording.
Simon Jakesch (simon_jake...@dell.com) wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > Crowbar mailing list > Crowbar@dell.com > https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/crowbar > For more information: http://crowbar.github.com/ _______________________________________________ Crowbar mailing list Crowbar@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/crowbar For more information: http://crowbar.github.com/
