11. Glossary
Here is a list of definitions of words in the context of this documentation.
- alias
- A unique string of bytes identifying an entry within the cluster.
- cluster
- A set of peer-to-peer quasardb nodes configured to work as a single distributed repository.
- content
- Arbitrary data not interpreted by quasardb.
- entry
- An association between a string named alias and arbitrary data named content. An entry can also be understood as a pair (alias, content).
- grid
- A set of nodes.
- node
- An active computer attached to a network.
- predecessor
- An entry or node whose ID is lower than the considered ID
- repository
- A software module enabling data storage and retrieval.
- server
- A running instance of a quasardb daemon. On most setups only one server runs on any given node.
- stable
- A cluster is stable if all its elements have a valid and appropriate predecessor and successor.
- stabilization
- The process that makes a cluster stable.
- successor
- An entry or node whose ID is greater than the considered ID
- transient
- A server whose content is not persisted.