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|'''[[Arbutus_CephFS|CEPHFS]]/CEPH File System''' | |'''[[Arbutus_CephFS|CEPHFS]]/CEPH File System''' | ||
| CEPH storage that can be mounted for e.g. data sharing on multiple instances/VMs | | CEPH storage that can be mounted for e.g. data sharing on multiple instances/VMs | ||
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|'''Compute Cloud''' | |'''Compute Cloud''' | ||
| A flavour of instances/VMs which will be running for a limited time and may have high CPU/memory requirements during the entire lifespan | | A flavour of instances/VMs which will be running for a limited time and may have high CPU/memory requirements during the entire lifespan | ||
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|'''[[CVMFS|CVMFS]]''' | |'''[[CVMFS|CVMFS]]''' | ||
|A distributed read-only content distribution system, often used for managing software | |A distributed read-only content distribution system, often used for managing software | ||
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|'''Dashboard''' | |'''Dashboard''' | ||
|The web portal, named "Horizon" for our OpenStack clouds, for viewing and managing a user's cloud resources | |The web portal, named "Horizon" for our OpenStack clouds, for viewing and managing a user's cloud resources | ||
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|'''Ephemeral disk''' | |'''Ephemeral disk''' | ||
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| A virtual server in the cloud infrastructure. Also known as a Virtual Machine (VM) | | A virtual server in the cloud infrastructure. Also known as a Virtual Machine (VM) | ||
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|'''[[Using_ipv6_in_cloud|IPV6]]/Internet Protocol Version 6''' | |'''[[Using_ipv6_in_cloud|IPV6]]/Internet Protocol Version 6''' | ||
| Latest version of the internet protocol, increasing the number of available IP addresses for devices | |||
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|'''[[Arbutus_Object_Storage|Object Storage]]''' | |'''[[Arbutus_Object_Storage|Object Storage]]''' | ||
| Persistent storage space for large amounts of data. Typically read access only, e.g. images and data sets | | Persistent storage space for large amounts of data. Typically read access only, e.g. images and data sets | ||
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|'''[[OpenStack|OpenStack]]''' | |'''[[OpenStack|OpenStack]]''' | ||
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|'''Persistent Cloud''' | |'''Persistent Cloud''' | ||
| An instance/VM anticipated to run indefinitely, such as web servers, database servers, etc. Typically has low or bursty CPU requirements | | An instance/VM anticipated to run indefinitely, such as web servers, database servers, etc. Typically has low or bursty CPU requirements | ||
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|'''[https://alliancecan.ca/en/services/advanced-research-computing/research-portal/accessing-resources/rapid-access-service RAS/Rapid Access Service]''' | |'''[https://alliancecan.ca/en/services/advanced-research-computing/research-portal/accessing-resources/rapid-access-service RAS/Rapid Access Service]''' | ||
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|'''Snapshot''' | |'''Snapshot''' | ||
| A copy of a volume that can be used as a backup or to launch another instance/VM | | A copy of a volume that can be used as a backup or to launch another instance/VM | ||
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|'''SSL/Secure Sockets Layer''' | |'''SSL/Secure Sockets Layer''' | ||
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|'''VCPU/Virtual central processing unit''' | |'''VCPU/Virtual central processing unit''' | ||
| An instance/VM can have one or more CPUs assigned to it, each of which is seen as a single physical CPU core by the operating system | | An instance/VM can have one or more CPUs assigned to it, each of which is seen as a single physical CPU core by the operating system | ||
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|'''VGPU/Virtual graphics processing unit''' | |'''VGPU/Virtual graphics processing unit''' | ||
| An instance/VM can have one or more VGPUs assigned to it | | An instance/VM can have one or more VGPUs assigned to it | ||
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|'''[[OpenStack/en#Working_with_Volumes|Volume]]''' | |'''[[OpenStack/en#Working_with_Volumes|Volume]]''' | ||
| An allocation of storage resources that can be attached or detached to/from an instance/VM, exposed as a block device (a virtual disk) | | An allocation of storage resources that can be attached or detached to/from an instance/VM, exposed as a block device (a virtual disk) | ||
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|'''VM/Virtual Machine''' | |'''VM/Virtual Machine''' | ||