public class Realm
extends Object
Within a cloud provider a realm represents a boundary containing resources. The exact definition
of a realm is left to the cloud provider. In some cases, a realm may represent different
datacenters, different continents, or different pools of resources within a single datacenter. A
cloud provider may insist that resources must all exist within a single realm in order to
cooperate. For instance, storage volumes may only be allowed to be mounted to instances within
the same realm.
- Author:
- Adrian Cole