Commit 56402847 authored by Rob Genova's avatar Rob Genova
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Make it explicit that data is not replicated between regions.

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...@@ -61,11 +61,12 @@ clarify what is being discussed: ...@@ -61,11 +61,12 @@ clarify what is being discussed:
availability. Servers federate across regions to make Nomad globally aware. availability. Servers federate across regions to make Nomad globally aware.
* **Regions and Datacenters** - Nomad models infrastructure as regions and datacenters. * **Regions and Datacenters** - Nomad models infrastructure as regions and datacenters.
Regions may contain multiple datacenters. Servers are assigned to regions and manage Regions may contain multiple datacenters. For example, you may have a `US` region with the
all state for the region and make scheduling decisions within that region. Requests that `us-east-1` and `us-west-1` datacenters, connected to the `EU` region with the `eu-fr-1` and
are made between regions are forwarded to the appropriate servers. As an example, you may `eu-uk-1` datacenters. Servers are assigned to regions and manage all state for the region and
have a `US` region with the `us-east-1` and `us-west-1` datacenters, connected to the make scheduling decisions within that region. When multiple regions are federated together,
`EU` region with the `eu-fr-1` and `eu-uk-1` datacenters. requests that are made between them are forwarded to the appropriate servers. Data is _not_
replicated between regions.
* **Bin Packing** - Bin Packing is the process of filling bins with items in a way that * **Bin Packing** - Bin Packing is the process of filling bins with items in a way that
maximizes the utilization of bins. This extends to Nomad, where the clients are "bins" maximizes the utilization of bins. This extends to Nomad, where the clients are "bins"
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