Talk:Converged storage

Huh?

I have worked in computer storage and related fields for decades and can make no sense out of this article. Not sure it is worth keeping. Some vendors seem to use a similar term to mean using storage and IP networking on the same wires and switches, so maybe that is concept? Not even sure if it is hardware, software, a marketing campaign, or a floor wax? W Nowicki (talk) 23:49, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

+1. I was involved in storage creation/maintenance for last 5 years and never seen it before this article at Wikipedia.

It reads as Computer to me:

Converged storage[1] is a storage architecture that combines storage and computing resources into a single entity.

I would like to see differences of Converged storage from ordinary distributed systems (computation-only, storage-only or both):

This can result in the development of platforms for server centric, storage centric or hybrid workloads where applications and data come together to improve application performance and delivery.

Ushkin N (talk) 22:27, 30 July 2016 (UTC)

Indeed, situation has gotten worse in the three years I was out. See also converged infrastructure and hyper-converged infrastructure for example. All about as buzzy. W Nowicki (talk) 21:03, 1 September 2016 (UTC)

MoreFreedom (talk) 18:03, 9 September 2016 (UTC) I have to agree with you, as someone who's specialized in storage for 20 years. The article here describes a mishmash of IT/computing concepts, and the definition is wrong because it describes a converged solution combining storage plus computers (unless "computing resource" refers to the processors within the storage); thus the "storage" part of "converged storage" is incorrect.

If I were to define "converged storage" it would be something like: A storage solution which can allocate logical disks to computers, that can provide different storage features depending upon user needs, typically designed for use in IaaS deployments with virtualized computer systems (but not limited to them), where storage features include enhanced availability (RAID, mirroring to somewhere - typically a different availability zone) or not, availability of storage point in time images or remote mirroring (for backup, availability and disaster recovery purposes), different storage performance capabilities (e.g. backend FC disks vs. SATA vs flash, with automated tiering or not), different costs, and possibly other storage features (thick vs. thin volumes, deduplication, dynamic volume expansion, the ability to serve up a NAS file system vs. raw logical disks, etc.)

You're referring to converged FC and ethernet, where a single cable handles traffic for both protocols, which is another "converged" idea.

Seems to me the "monolithic storage architecture" isn't even close to being relevant here since it applies to RAM rather than persistent storage. And some of the other terms have different meanings at different vendors, federated (to be joined in union) being one of them. Here are some links to pages that discuss converged storage:

http://searchconvergedinfrastructure.techtarget.com/tip/Converged-vs-hyper-converged-storage-Which-method-is-best http://www8.hp.com/us/en/hp-news/press-release.html?id=1849207#.V9LwfnrGBqs https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/10959/123353

I'll leave edits to the page up to writing/editing experts. MoreFreedom (talk) 18:03, 9 September 2016 (UTC)

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