Before you install Eucalyptus components on your machines, we recommend that you take the time to plan how you want to install it.
To successfully plan for your Eucalyptus installation, you must determine two things:
This section describes how to evaluate each tradeoff to determine the best choice to make, and how to verify that the resource environment can support the features that are enabled as a consequence of making a choice.
By the end of this section, you should be able to specify how you will deploy Eucalyptus in your environment, any tradeoffs between feature set and flexibility, and where your deployment will integrate with existing infrastructure systems.