The 15/08/11, Jeff wrote:
> I'm having a minor disagreement with a colleague over terminology.
> 
> When you have a group of KVM Hosts which have access to the same network and 
> storage (for purposes of migration) yet there is no clusterware or HA 
> software involved...how does one refer to this group of hosts? I call them a 
> "Host Group." He insists on the term "Cluster."  
> 
> To me, "cluster" indicates the presence of an HA solution such as RHCS or VCS 
> and using the term when neither exist would generate confusion.  He insists 
> that since VMWare refers to the same configuration as a "cluster" that this 
> is how we should refer to it with regard to KVM.
> 
> Wouldn't be that big of a deal, except that I'm trying to develop operational 
> documentation.  Anyone else out there have suggestions?

I would tend to agree with your colleague. A cluster doesn't imply HA
and it's more about network nodes working with each other to provide any
kind of service, IMHO. I don't know VMWare. Cluster is a vague term.

That beeing said, you can use whatever you want in your documentation as
long as you clearly define the terms in it. ,-p

-- 
Nicolas Sebrecht

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