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notification bus and transforms them into Ceilometer samples. This notification bus and transforms them into Ceilometer samples. This
is the preferred method of data collection. is the preferred method of data collection.
ceilometer
From Wikipedia [#]_:
A ceilometer is a device that uses a laser or other light
source to determine the height of a cloud base.
polling agent polling agent
Software service running either on a central management node within the Software service running either on a central management node within the
OpenStack infrastructure or compute node measuring usage and sending the OpenStack infrastructure or compute node measuring usage and sending the
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number of disk io requests, etc. number of disk io requests, etc.
Three types of meters are defined in ceilometer: Three types of meters are defined in ceilometer:
* Cumulative: Increasing over time (e.g. disk I/O) * Cumulative: Increasing over time (e.g. disk I/O)
* Gauge: Discrete items (e.g. floating IPs, image uploads) and fluctuating * Gauge: Discrete items (e.g. floating IPs, image uploads) and fluctuating
values (e.g. number of Swift objects) values (e.g. number of Swift objects)
* Delta: Incremental change to a counter over time (e.g. bandwidth delta) * Delta: Incremental change to a counter over time (e.g. bandwidth delta)
metering metering
Metering is the process of collecting information about what, Metering is the process of collecting information about what,
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RPC driver. RPC driver.
non-repudiable non-repudiable
From Wikipedia [#]_: “Non-repudiation refers to a state of affairs where the purported
maker of a statement will not be able to successfully challenge
Non-repudiation refers to a state of affairs where the purported the validity of the statement or contract. The term is often
maker of a statement will not be able to successfully challenge seen in a legal setting wherein the authenticity of a signature
the validity of the statement or contract. The term is often is being challenged. In such an instance, the authenticity is
seen in a legal setting wherein the authenticity of a signature being "repudiated".”
is being challenged. In such an instance, the authenticity is (Wikipedia, [#]_)
being "repudiated".
project project
The OpenStack tenant or project. The OpenStack tenant or project.