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+==============
+Compute (Nova)
+==============
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+.. figure:: ../figures/os_background.png
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+OpenStack Compute Overview
+===========================
+
+- Project name ``Nova``
+- Massively scalable, on demand, self service access to compute resources.
+- Provides a tenant-facing API for managing the lifecycle of compute resources.
+- Provides an abstraction layer on top of the hypervisor.
+- Depends on Keystone, Glance, Neutron
+- Optionally leverages Cinder
+- Accessible through Horizon