VAST AI OS Terms
The VAST DataEngine is built on top of the VAST AI OS. The following terms are features of the VAST AI OS platform that occur in this guide.
- Element
A logical data construct for things the scale of a file or object. The VAST DataStore currently supports the following types of Elements: files, objects, tables, event broker topics and vectors, block volumes. In the current offering of VAST DataEngine, all elements are S3 objects.
VAST DataEngine interfaces may also refer to DataEngine triggers and functions as pipeline elements.
- Tenant
A resource belonging to a VAST Cluster that isolates a division of cluster storage resources, usually to serve data paths to a client base. DataEngine runs on a VAST Cluster tenant. Your user account accesses VAST DataEngine on a single VAST Cluster tenant.
- VAST Cluster
An instantiation of the VAST AI Operating System.
- VAST DataStore
The universal storage foundation for VAST AI OS. includes object, file, table, and block storage functionality in a single namespace.
- VAST Management Service (VMS)
The management service that runs on a VAST Cluster.
- View
VAST’s protocol-independent name for the logical protocol endpoints through which data is shared. A view can be an NFS export, an SMB share, an S3 bucket, a block subsystem and/or an other type of endpoint, depending on the supported access protocols.
Other Terms Used in This Guide
- Cloud events
Events sent in a format defined by the Cloud Events (CE) open standard specification that defines a common, interoperable way to describe event data, simplifying its delivery across services and platforms.