Table of Contents - Y.3510 (04/2026) - Cloud computing infrastructure requirements

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	Processing execution environment requirements
	7.2	Physical machine requirements
	7.3	Virtual machine requirements
	7.4	Software resources provisioning requirements
	7.5	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-data centre network
	8.4	Inter-data centre 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 reduction
10	Requirements for resource 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
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Appendix III – Power management in cloud infrastructure
Appendix IV – Considerations on the support of ETS
Appendix V – Collection of related use cases
Bibliography