1 Scope
2 References
3 Definitions
3.1 Terms defined elsewhere
3.2 Terms defined in this Recommendation
4 Abbreviations and acronyms
5 Conventions
6 Overview of cloud infrastructure
7 Requirements for processing resources
7.1 Physical machine requirements
7.2 Virtual machine requirements
7.3 Software resources provisioning requirements
7.4 Time-sensitive services requirements
8 Requirements for networking resources
8.1 General requirements for networking resources
8.2 Access and core transport network
8.3 Intra-datacentre network
8.4 Inter-datacentre network
9 Requirements for storage resources
9.1 Storage space
9.2 Storage interface
9.3 Storage management
9.4 Storage availability
9.5 Data de-duplication
10 Requirements for resources abstraction and control
11 Support of emergency telecommunications
12 Security considerations
Appendix I – Overview and reference model for storage in a cloud
environment
I.1 Reference model for cloud storage
Appendix II – Considerations on resource monitoring
II.1 Health monitoring
II.2 Performance monitoring
II.3 Capacity monitoring
II.4 Security and compliance monitoring
II.5 Monitoring and metering for charging and billing
II.6 Monitoring in support of cloud services
Appendix III – Power management in cloud infrastructure
Appendix IV – Considerations on supporting of ETS
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