Nothing but a taxonomic digression I'd say. An "host" is in a *classical* term a server that runs virtual machines...it could be either a server that "runs" something. A "node" is the OpenStack context a compute node...meaning an "host" that runs instances. :) - Razique On 27 Nov 2013, at 18:02, wu jiang wrote: > Hi All. > > Can someone give me some idea what's the difference between 'host' and > 'node'? > > I wonder if it is because compute host will control other physical > server > (host or node?) in baremetal scene, so we need to distinguish? > But I'm not sure about it. > > > Regards, > wingwj > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack > Post to : openstack at lists.openstack.org > Unsubscribe : > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack