The following table provides definitions for some of the terms that are used in this document.
Table 1. Terminology
Term |
Definition |
Oracle RAC |
Oracle Real Application Clusters |
KVM |
Kernel-based Virtual Machine |
VM |
Virtual Machine |
HCI |
Hyperconverged Infrastructure |
MDM |
Meta Data Manager |
SDS |
Storage Data Server |
SDC |
Storage Data Client |
OS |
Operating System |
MG |
Medium Granularity |
FG |
Fine Granularity |
PCI |
Peripheral component interconnect |
VDSM |
Virtual Desktop and Server Manager |
QEMU |
Quick Emulator |