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authorZuul <zuul@review.opendev.org>2019-11-14 03:08:11 +0000
committerGerrit Code Review <review@openstack.org>2019-11-14 03:08:11 +0000
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Merge ""SUSPENDED" description changed in server_concepts guide and API REF"
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@@ -70,12 +70,12 @@ server status is one of the following values:
- ``SUSPENDED``: The server is suspended, either by request or
necessity. This status appears for only the following hypervisors:
- XenServer/XCP, KVM, and ESXi. Administrative users may suspend a
- server if it is infrequently used or to perform system maintenance.
- When you suspend a server, its state is stored on disk, all
- memory is written to disk, and the server is stopped.
- Suspending a server is similar to placing a device in hibernation;
- memory and vCPUs become available to create other servers.
+ XenServer/XCP, KVM, and ESXi. When you suspend a server, its state is stored
+ on disk, all memory is written to disk, and the server is stopped.
+ Suspending a server is similar to placing a device in hibernation and its
+ occupied resource will not be freed but rather kept for when the server is
+ resumed. If an instance is infrequently used and the occupied resource needs
+ to be freed to create other servers, it should be shelved.
- ``UNKNOWN``: The state of the server is unknown. It could be because a part
of the infrastructure is temporarily down (see :doc:`down_cells`