<s>
A	O
point	B-Architecture
of	I-Architecture
delivery	I-Architecture
,	O
or	O
PoD	O
,	O
is	O
"	O
a	O
module	B-Architecture
of	O
network	O
,	O
compute	O
,	O
storage	O
,	O
and	O
application	O
components	O
that	O
work	O
together	O
to	O
deliver	O
networking	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PoD	O
is	O
a	O
repeatable	O
design	O
pattern	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
components	O
maximize	O
the	O
modularity	B-Architecture
,	O
scalability	B-Architecture
,	O
and	O
manageability	O
of	O
data	O
centers.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
modular	B-Architecture
design	O
principle	O
has	O
been	O
applied	O
to	O
telephone	O
and	O
data	O
networks	O
,	O
for	O
instance	O
through	O
a	O
repeatable	O
node	B-Protocol
design	O
describing	O
the	O
configuration	O
of	O
equipment	O
housed	O
in	O
point	O
of	O
presence	O
facilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
is	O
similarly	O
used	O
in	O
cable	O
video	O
networks	O
,	O
to	O
describe	O
the	O
modular	B-Architecture
component	O
that	O
delivers	O
video	O
service	O
to	O
a	O
subscriber	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
distinction	O
of	O
a	O
PoD	O
versus	O
other	O
design	O
patterns	O
is	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
deployable	O
module	B-Architecture
which	O
delivers	O
a	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PoD	O
design	O
pattern	O
is	O
especially	O
important	O
in	O
service	O
provider	O
infrastructure	O
,	O
for	O
instance	O
in	O
datacenters	B-Operating_System
supporting	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
services	O
,	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
sustain	O
scalability	B-Architecture
as	O
usage	O
grows	O
.	O
</s>
