Hyper-converged technology means that the same unit device (x86 server) not only has resources and technologies such as computing, network, storage and server virtualization, but also includes cache acceleration, data deduplication, online Data compression, backup software, snapshot technology and other elements, and multiple nodes can be aggregated through the network to achieve modular and seamless horizontal expansion (scale-out) to form a unified resource pool.

Hyper-convergence is an improvement and replacement of traditional architecture. The specific differences are as follows.

Physical integration and management integration: Hyper-converged architecture integrates servers, networks and storage, and installs them on a unified management platform for maintenance; while traditional architecture is all separated.

Storage architecture: Hyper-convergence uses distributed storage, while traditional architecture uses centralized storage.

Network: Hyper-convergence uses 10 Gigabit Ethernet, while traditional architecture mostly uses fiber-optic switches.

Reliability: It can be seen that in terms of reliability, the advantages of hyper-converged architecture are very great, but in fact, the advantages here are all distributed storage itself should have.

Performance: The architectural advantages of hyper-convergence in terms of performance are very obvious. Of course, the cost is the consumption of computing resources, so the consumption of computing resources is an important factor in testing the professionalism of hyper-convergence.

In terms of scalability: the hyper-converged architecture has strong scalability, simple and fast expansion, and system complexity will not increase with the expansion.

In terms of deployment and operation and maintenance: compared with traditional architecture, hyper-converged layout, simple maintenance, and capable of intelligent operation and maintenance to a certain extent.