Cluster Orchestration

Definitions

1. The automated coordination of workloads across a cluster, including scheduling, placement, restart behavior, scaling, and network wiring. Cluster orchestration systems make it possible to run many distributed workloads without manually deciding which node should host what.

   In plain English: Automatically coordinating how workloads run across a cluster.

   Example: "The move to cluster orchestration let the team declare desired state for services instead of hand-managing process placement on each VM."

Related Terms

• Kubernetes
• Cron Job
• Fiber
• Round Robin
• Task Scheduler
• Hashicorp Nomad
• Slurm
• Container Cluster