From 2ddcec9a02996228c98431d307eaaee931f9d4e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kyle Isom Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2023 17:28:44 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document logical roles. --- docs/intro.rst | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/intro.rst b/docs/intro.rst index 5ff2214..2360fa3 100644 --- a/docs/intro.rst +++ b/docs/intro.rst @@ -92,3 +92,12 @@ the gateway system as the storage machine if needed. +----------------------------+----------+----------------------------------------+ | Netgear GS316PP | 1 | 16-port PoE+ (183W) | +----------------------------+----------+----------------------------------------+ + +Logical roles +------------- + +Aside from the physical hardware types, there are essentially ``cluster`` nodes +and ``meta`` nodes. The ``cluster`` nodes are the compute blades, and ``meta`` +are any additional systems involved. Individual nodes might be tagged with roles +as well to indicate additional capabilities, such as ``ai`` for ``cluster`` nodes +with TPUs or ``storage`` for ``cluster`` nodes with additional (e.g. 1TB) storage. \ No newline at end of file