Operating components
All hosts have an IP Address on the Data Cluster network. Applications run on hosts that are designated as compute nodes. Each compute node is equipped with resources such as CPU cores, memory, storage, NICs, and GPUs. Kubernetes provides a mechanism to enable orchestration of network resources through the Container Network Interface (CNI) API.
The Robin Cloud Native Platform (Robin CNP) uses both Calico and Single-root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) with Open vSwitch CNI drivers. The software-defined network (SDN) that Robin CNP uses is designed to enable network automation and support standard management interfaces and protocols. The Robin CNP CNI drivers allow for the retention of persistent IP Addresses. This design provides high availability and flexibility during management processes such as hardware maintenance or scaling and migration of workloads.