Features
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-Doctor platform, as of Brahmaputra release, provides the two features:
+Doctor platform provides these features in `Colorado Release <https://wiki.opnfv.org/display/SWREL/Colorado>`_:
* Immediate Notification
-* Consistent resource state awareness (Compute/host-down)
+* Consistent resource state awareness for compute host down
+* Valid compute host status given to VM owner
These features enable high availability of Network Services on top of
-the virtualized infrastructure. Immediate notification allows VNF managers
-(VNFM) to process recovery actions promptly once a failure has occurred.
+the virtualized infrastructure.
+
+Immediate notification allows VNF managers (VNFM) to process recovery
+actions promptly once a failure has occurred.
+
Consistency of resource state is necessary to properly execute recovery
actions properly in the VIM.
+Ability to query host status gives VM owner (VNFM) the possibility to get
+consistent state information through an API in case of a compute host
+fault.
+
Components
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-Doctor platform, as of Brahmaputra release, consists of the following
+Doctor platform, as of Colorado release, consists of the following
components:
* OpenStack Compute (Nova)