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Hyper-converged Infrastructure
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-Proxmox VE has all the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyper-converged_infrastructure[Hyper-converged Infrastructure] capabilities needed to deploy and manage a complete open source hyper-converged
-infrastructure.
-It integrates tightly compute, networking, and storage resources into a single deployment unit and you can manage everything with the centralized web management interface.
-Proxmox VE unifies your compute and storage systems, i.e. you can use the same physical nodes within a cluster for both computing (processing VMs and Containers) as well as for replicated storage.
+{pve} is a virtualization platform that tightly integrates compute,
+storage and networking resources, manages highly available clusters,
+backup/restore as well as disaster recovery. All components are
+software-defined and compatible with one another.
+Therefore it is possible to administrate them like a single system via
+the centralized web management interface. These capabilities make
+{pve} an ideal choice to deploy and manage an open source
+https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyper-converged_infrastructure[hyper-converged infrastructure].
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+Benefits of a Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) with {pve}
+-------------------------------------------------------------
+A hyper-converged infrastructure is especially useful for deployments
+in which a high infrastructure demand meets a low administration
+budget, for distributed setups such as remote and branch office
+environments or for virtual private and public clouds.
+
+HCI provides the following advantages:
+
+- Scalability: seamless expansion of compute, network and storage
+ devices (i.e. scale up servers and storage quickly and independently
+ from each other).
+
+- Low cost: {pve} is open source and integrates all components you
+ need such as compute, storage, networking, backup, and management
+ center. It can replace an expensive compute/storage infrastructure.
+
+- Data protection and efficiency: services such as backup and disaster
+ recovery are integrated.
+
+- Simplicity: easy configuration and centralized administration.
+
+- Open Source: No vendor lock-in.
+
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+See Also
+--------
+
+* xref:chapter_pveceph[pveceph - Manage Ceph Services on Proxmox VE Nodes]
+
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