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[[chapter_hyper_converged_infrastructure]]
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Hyper-converged Infrastructure
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:pve-toplevel:
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endif::wiki[]
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{pve} is a virtualization platform that tightly integrates compute, storage and
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networking resources, manages highly available clusters, backup/restore as well
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as disaster recovery. All components are software-defined and compatible with
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one another.
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Therefore it is possible to administrate them like a single system via the
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centralized web management interface. These capabilities make {pve} an ideal
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choice to deploy and manage an open source
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyper-converged_infrastructure[hyper-converged infrastructure].
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Benefits of a Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) with {pve}
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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A hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) is especially useful for deployments in
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which a high infrastructure demand meets a low administration budget, for
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distributed setups such as remote and branch office environments or for virtual
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private and public clouds.
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HCI provides the following advantages:
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- Scalability: seamless expansion of compute, network and storage devices (i.e.
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scale up servers and storage quickly and independently from each other).
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- Low cost: {pve} is open source and integrates all components you need such as
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compute, storage, networking, backup, and management center. It can replace
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an expensive compute/storage infrastructure.
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- Data protection and efficiency: services such as backup and disaster recovery
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are integrated.
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- Simplicity: easy configuration and centralized administration.
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- Open Source: No vendor lock-in.
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Hyper-Converged Infrastructure: Storage
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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{pve} has tightly integrated support for deploying a hyper-converged storage
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infrastructure. You can, for example, deploy and manage the following two
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storage technologies by using the web interface only:
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- *Ceph*: a both self-healing and self-managing shared, reliable and highly
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scalable storage system. Checkout
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xref:chapter_pveceph[how to manage Ceph services on {pve} nodes]
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- *ZFS*: a combined file system and logical volume manager with extensive
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protection against data corruption, various RAID modes, fast and cheap
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snapshots - among other features. Find out
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xref:chapter_zfs[how to leverage the power of ZFS on {pve} nodes].
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Besides above, {pve} has support to integrate a wide range of
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additional storage technologies. You can find out about them in the
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xref:chapter_storage[Storage Manager chapter].
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See Also
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~~~~~~~~
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* xref:chapter_pveceph[pveceph - Manage Ceph Services on Proxmox VE Nodes]
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endif::wiki[]
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