hyper-converged-infrastructure.adoc

   1 [[chapter_hyper_converged_infrastructure]]
   2 Hyper-converged Infrastructure
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   9 {pve} is a virtualization platform that tightly integrates compute, storage and
  10 networking resources, manages highly available clusters, backup/restore as well
  11 as disaster recovery. All components are software-defined and compatible with
  12 one another.
  13
  14 Therefore it is possible to administrate them like a single system via the
  15 centralized web management interface. These capabilities make {pve} an ideal
  16 choice to deploy and manage an open source
  17 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyper-converged_infrastructure[hyper-converged infrastructure].
  18
  19 Benefits of a Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) with {pve}
  20 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  21
  22 A hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) is especially useful for deployments in
  23 which a high infrastructure demand meets a low administration budget, for
  24 distributed setups such as remote and branch office environments or for virtual
  25 private and public clouds.
  26
  27 HCI provides the following advantages:
  28
  29 - Scalability: seamless expansion of compute, network and storage devices (i.e.
  30   scale up servers and storage quickly and independently from each other).
  31
  32 - Low cost: {pve} is open source and integrates all components you need such as
  33   compute, storage, networking, backup, and management center. It can replace
  34   an expensive compute/storage infrastructure.
  35
  36 - Data protection and efficiency: services such as backup and disaster recovery
  37   are integrated.
  38
  39 - Simplicity: easy configuration and centralized administration.
  40
  41 - Open Source: No vendor lock-in.
  42
  43
  44 Hyper-Converged Infrastructure: Storage
  45 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  46
  47 {pve} has tightly integrated support for deploying a hyper-converged storage
  48 infrastructure. You can, for example, deploy and manage the following two
  49 storage technologies by using the Webinterface only:
  50
  51 - *ceph*: a both, self-healing and self-managing shared, reliable and highly
  52   scalable storage system. Checkout
  53   xref:chapter_pveceph[how to manage ceph services on {pve} nodes]
  54
  55 - *ZFS*: a combined file system and logical volume manager with extensive
  56   protection against data corruption, various RAID modes, fast and cheap
  57   snapshots - among other features. Find out
  58   xref:chapter_zfs[how to leverage the power of ZFS on {pve} nodes].
  59
  60 Besides above, {pve} has support to integrate a wide range of
  61 additional storage technologies. You can find out about them in the
  62 xref:chapter_storage[Storage Manager chapter].
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  66 See Also
  67 ~~~~~~~~
  68
  69 * xref:chapter_pveceph[pveceph - Manage Ceph Services on Proxmox VE Nodes]
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