All, I've added a doc review for a glossary at https://review.openstack.org/#change,5847. It came from the Repose project, and is Apache 2 licensed, so I guess it makes sense to edit and bring it into the OpenStack umbrella.
I haven't yet added zones or availability zones to the glossary, nor have I incorporated it further into a guide. There is also a method to have definitions as pop-ups within other pages. These would be "next steps" for glossary work. Hint: glossary work is not my favorite so anyone can be owner of this. :) I'd like review for the current definitions as well as suggestions for additions (and definitions) before investing more effort into incorporation, so feel free to take a look and give feedback. Thanks, Anne On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 6:21 AM, Tim Bell <tim.b...@cern.ch> wrote: > > > It would be useful if there was a glossary of terms related to Openstack. It > is easy to get confused as many words are overloaded or slightly different > between different parts of Openstack. > > > > There is also the page on identity at > http://docs.openstack.org/diablo/openstack-identity/admin/content/Identity-Service-Concepts-e1362.html > which defines some concepts. > > > > From http://wiki.openstack.org/Glossary, there is a pointer to > http://cloudglossary.com/ but the openstack terms are not in there. > > > > There is also > http://docs.openstack.org/incubation/openstack-network/developer/quantum-api-1.0/content/Glossary.html > for networking. > > > > Tim > > > > From: openstack-bounces+tim.bell=cern...@lists.launchpad.net > [mailto:openstack-bounces+tim.bell=cern...@lists.launchpad.net] On Behalf Of > Sandy Walsh > Sent: 20 March 2012 12:07 > To: Nicolae Paladi; openstack@lists.launchpad.net > Subject: Re: [Openstack] "nova zone" and "availability_zone" > > > > Availability Zone is an EC2 concept. Zones were a sharding scheme for Nova. > Zones are being renamed to Cells to avoid further confusion. Availability > Zones will remain the same. > > > > Hope it helps! > > -S > > ________________________________ > > From: openstack-bounces+sandy.walsh=rackspace....@lists.launchpad.net > [openstack-bounces+sandy.walsh=rackspace....@lists.launchpad.net] on behalf > of Nicolae Paladi [n.pal...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 6:55 AM > To: openstack@lists.launchpad.net > Subject: [Openstack] "nova zone" and "availability_zone" > > Hi all, > > > > What is the difference between "nova zone(s)" and "availability_zone"? > > In a new deployment, the *services* table in the nova db contains an > "availability_zone" > > column (which is 'nova', but default). > > > > If that is not the same as "nova zones" (which are logical deployments, as > far as I understood), where is information > > about zones stored? > > > > The only documentation about "zones" in openstack that I could find is here: > > http://nova.openstack.org/devref/zone.html > > > > > > is there anything on availability zones? > > > > Cheers, > > /Nicolae. > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
