{"id":71,"date":"2020-02-09T20:29:32","date_gmt":"2020-02-09T18:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/?p=71"},"modified":"2020-02-09T20:29:34","modified_gmt":"2020-02-09T18:29:34","slug":"converged-data-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/converged-data-center\/","title":{"rendered":"converged data center"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time-approximately:<\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techtarget.com\/contributor\/Margaret-Rouse\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ttgtmedia.com\/rms\/onlineImages\/rouse_margaret.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Margaret Rouse<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WhatIs.com &#8211; TechTarget &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/whatis.techtarget.com\/\">WhatIs.com<\/a>  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contributor(s): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techtarget.com\/contributor\/Meredith-Courtemanche\">Meredith Courtemanche<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A converged <a href=\"https:\/\/searchdatacenter.techtarget.com\/definition\/data-center\">data center<\/a>, also called a homogeneous data center, is one in which the hardware and software components were purchased from a single vendor. A converged data center can be compared to a heterogeneous data center, &nbsp;in which individual servers, storage, networking, virtualization, operating systems, management tools and applications have been purchased from multiple, sometimes specialized vendors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The aim of a converged data center is to reduce the manual labor and technical skills that are required to own and operate an on-premises or <a href=\"https:\/\/searchmicroservices.techtarget.com\/definition\/colocation-colo\">colocated<\/a> data center. A converged data center is sometimes a deployment prerequisite for a private cloud and can be an alternative to hosting workloads with a <a href=\"https:\/\/searchcloudcomputing.techtarget.com\/definition\/cloud-computing\">cloud provider<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is rare for an entire data center to be converged. Most often, a user will purchase converged components for a specific application or user group within an otherwise heterogeneous data center. In such a scenario, converged data center products may integrate with the existing heterogeneous deployment, or remain isolated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The term converged data center may also refer to a data center in which multiple communication modes, such as local area network and storage traffic, <a href=\"https:\/\/searchconvergedinfrastructure.techtarget.com\/definition\/network-convergence\">share a network<\/a>. More often, however, such a scenario will be referred to as <em>network convergence<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ttgtmedia.com\/rms\/onlineImages\/integ_conver_hyper.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"645\" height=\"388\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techtarget.com\/contributor\/Margaret-Rouse\">Margaret Rouse<\/a>\u00a0asks:<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Why are you adopting a converged data center? <\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/searchdatacenter.techtarget.com\/definition\/converged-data-center#commenting\">Join the Discussion<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThis was last updated in <a href=\"https:\/\/searchdatacenter.techtarget.com\/archive\/2015\/11\">November 2015<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\t\t\tContinue Reading About converged data center\t\t <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/searchdatacenter.techtarget.com\/photostory\/2240209776\/Building-blocks-of-converged-infrastructures\/1\/Everything-fits-in-a-converged-data-center-infrastructure\">Learn what components go into converged data center products here.<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/searchservervirtualization.techtarget.com\/tip\/Boosting-data-center-efficiency-with-converged-infrastructure-hardware\">Some data centers experience higher efficiency with convergence.<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/searchdatacenter.techtarget.com\/tip\/Converged-systems-usher-in-data-center-transformation\">Converged data centers are transforming IT&#8217;s back end.<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/searchdatacenter.techtarget.com\/feature\/Hyper-converged-vs-converged-IT-infrastructures-explained\">Learn the difference between converged, hyper-converged and integrated systems.<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nutanix.com\/resource\/nutanix-provides-rx-for-vdi-ailments-at-houston-healthcare\/\">Read about a converged data center adopter&#8217;s experience.<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/searchdatacenter.techtarget.com\/tip\/Converged-data-center-migration-practices-to-avoid-data-loss\">What should you know before migratingto a converged data center?<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\t\t\t\tRelated Terms<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/searchconvergedinfrastructure.techtarget.com\/definition\/converged-infrastructure\">converged infrastructure<\/a>  <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Converged infrastructure is an approach to data center management that packages compute, networking, servers, storage and &#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/searchconvergedinfrastructure.techtarget.com\/definition\/converged-infrastructure\">  <strong>See\u00a0complete\u00a0definition  <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/searchconvergedinfrastructure.techtarget.com\/definition\/hyper-converged-network\">hyper-converged network<\/a>  <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A hyper-converged network is a network that combines compute and storage network resources into a single preconfigured stack, &#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/searchconvergedinfrastructure.techtarget.com\/definition\/hyper-converged-network\">  S<strong>ee\u00a0complete\u00a0definition <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/searchconvergedinfrastructure.techtarget.com\/definition\/hyper-converged-network\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/searchdatacenter.techtarget.com\/definition\/infrastructure\">infrastructure (IT infrastructure)<\/a>  <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Infrastructure is the foundation or framework that supports a system or organization.<a href=\"https:\/\/searchdatacenter.techtarget.com\/definition\/infrastructure\">  <strong>See\u00a0complete\u00a0definition  <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time-approximately:<\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>Margaret Rouse WhatIs.com &#8211; TechTarget &#8211; WhatIs.com Contributor(s): Meredith Courtemanche A converged data center, also called a homogeneous data center, is one in which the hardware and software components were purchased from a single vendor. A converged data center can be compared to a heterogeneous data center, &nbsp;in which individual servers, storage, networking, virtualization, operating systems, management tools and applications<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/converged-data-center\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,4,9],"tags":[6,10],"class_list":["post-71","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-data-center-hardware","category-datacenter-news","category-tech-definitions","tag-expert-advice","tag-tech-definition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72,"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71\/revisions\/72"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}