Clusters Glossary

Browse 7 clusters terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.

7 Clusters Terms

Cluster: A group of machines or processes that work together as a coordinated unit to provide compute capacity, storage, scheduling, or fault tolerance. Clusters are...
Cluster Management: The operational work of provisioning, scaling, upgrading, monitoring, and healing the nodes and control mechanisms that make up a cluster. Cluster management...
Cluster Node: An individual machine or runtime instance that participates in a larger cluster. Cluster nodes may carry workloads, hold data, or contribute to control-plane...
Cluster Orchestration: The automated coordination of workloads across a cluster, including scheduling, placement, restart behavior, scaling, and network wiring. Cluster orchestration...
Code Nest: A tightly packed cluster of related logic, helpers, or hacks woven together in one place. In engineering slang, code nests can feel cozy to their creators and...
Container Cluster: A cluster of machines or nodes configured to run and manage containerized workloads together. Container clusters are typically paired with orchestration...
Slurm: A workload manager and scheduler widely used in high-performance computing clusters.