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[Trinath Somanchi <trinath.somanchi@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Guys-

Thanks a lot for the replies,

One more doubt.

Where is this metadata stored in the Nova Database.

Please help me understand the same.

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On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 12:16 AM, Anne Gentle <anne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> >> Though I have too many questions, I'm in need of these since, Want to
> >> understand the ROLE of metadata concept?
> >
> >
> > The role is simple - you can set metadata on a server, and retrieve it
> later
> > if you wish.
>
> Let's say you're creating a web interface, like a dashboard, that
> talks to the Compute API. You might want to let your users assign
> "tags" to their servers like "LAMP" or "WAMP" or "production" or
> "testarea" - metadata could be used for that use case.
>
> Hope this helps.
> Anne
>
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