FlexiScale

FlexiScale Variables

The following FlexiScale variables will appear under Design -> FlexiScale.

• Images - A machine image is used to build a specific type of server.  An image contains the basic information that's necessary to get a server up and running quickly.  Images may include applications, libraries, data, and associated configuration settings.
   
• Disks -  Each server comes equipped with at least one SAN disk for data storage.  Use your preferred disk file system and software to directly access the disk blocks, such as databases and encrypted file systems.
   
• Ip Blocks - IP Addresses are assigned to you in blocks. Within each block, there are always three reserved addresses: a gateway address, a network address, and a broadcast address.  You can point as many domain names as you want at your static IP address. This can be done with your regular DNS provider.
  

   

• Network Interfaces - Each virtual server has at least one network interface card, so network traffic can flow into and out of your server. Since all servers are given static IP addresses, you can point your domain names to these IP addresses.
   
• Vlans - Network traffic takes place on a Virtual LAN (VLAN), which means that nobody else in the same data center can see your traffic, even when they are running on the same physical piece of hardware. However, all of your servers can interface with each other because they are on the same VLAN.
   
• Packages - Use packages and sub-packages to organize a group of servers together.  They provide a way of allocating resources and setting limits to all servers inside of a package.