Cinder
Cinder is the OpenStack block storage service that creates, manages, and attaches persistent storage volumes to instances.
Storage
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Cloud Computing Glossary
Your comprehensive guide to cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and platform engineering terminology.
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Cloud Billing
Cloud billing is the process of tracking, calculating, and invoicing resource usage in a cloud environment, translating metered consumption of compute, storage, and network resources into charges based on the provider's pricing model.
Cost Management
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Cloud Metering
Cloud metering is the automated measurement and recording of how much of each cloud resource you consume over time, tracking metrics such as compute hours, storage capacity, and network bandwidth.
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Cloud Networking
Cloud networking is the infrastructure and services that connect cloud resources, enabling communication between instances, storage, and the internet through virtual networks, subnets, routers, and security groups.
Networking
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Cloud Region
A cloud region is a geographic area containing one or more data centers where cloud resources are deployed, providing location-specific performance, data residency compliance, and disaster recovery capabilities.
Infrastructure
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CloudKitty
CloudKitty is an OpenStack rating service that collects cloud resource usage metrics, applies pricing rules to that data, and produces cost information for chargeback and showback reporting.
Cost Management
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Command Line Interface (CLI)
A Command Line Interface (CLI) is a text-based tool that allows users to interact with cloud services by typing commands instead of clicking through a graphical interface.
Infrastructure
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Compute
Compute is the processing power and resources used to run applications and workloads in a cloud environment, consisting of CPU cycles, memory, and other resources that execute code and handle data.
Compute
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Control Plane
A control plane is the management layer that orchestrates cloud services by handling API requests, authentication, scheduling, and coordination between components while remaining separate from the data plane where actual workloads run.
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