====== Workload ======

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===== Discussion =====

A Workload is a deployable or operational computing subject that performs an application, service, processing, platform, or data function.

A Workload may include:

  * Executable software
  * Runtime configuration
  * Processing logic
  * Data
  * Dependencies
  * Network endpoints
  * Storage relationships
  * Identity and access configuration
  * Resource requirements
  * Operational metadata

A Workload may operate through:

  * A [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:v:virtual_machine|Virtual Machine]]
  * A container
  * A group of containers
  * A physical computing resource
  * A serverless execution environment
  * A distributed computing platform

A Workload differs from an [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:i:image|Image]]:

  * An Image is an Artifact used to instantiate a computing subject
  * A Workload is the deployable or operational subject that performs a computing function

A Workload may be instantiated from one or more Images.

===== Definition =====

//deployable or operational computing subject that performs an application, service, processing, platform, or data function//

===== Source =====

Dido Solutions, Inc. and Jackrabbit Consulting, Inc.

===== Note =====

A Workload may be:

  * Stateful
  * Stateless
  * Persistent
  * Temporary
  * Centralized
  * Distributed
  * Interactive
  * Batch-oriented
  * Event-driven

The term does not prescribe a particular runtime, orchestration platform, operating system, execution model, provider, or implementation technology.

===== Example =====

A transaction-processing service and its runtime configuration form a Workload deployed to an Infrastructure Environment.

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