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From the 1940s<\/a> through to the emergence of the internet, all data centres were on-premise. With the rise of the internet, technology and innovation has been rapidly developing and has brought forward a new era, where cloud addresses the limitations of traditional on-premise. With this came the advent and increased use of virtualisation, which continues to evolve and expand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, businesses are adopting models that incorporate both on-premise and cloud-based data centres. However, unlike those early days, technology companies have applied their ingenuity to address previous constraints. These solutions have evolved to ensure IT infrastructure can adapt quickly to rapidly changing environments and supported by a data centre when appropriate for the business need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Aruba<\/a> notes, “applying the old way of doing things to a new modern IT and cloud infrastructure can be a losing battle<\/em>.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Product descriptors often include terms such as “compose” and “fabric”. Below, we expand on these terms and clarify their meaning in the context of IT and data centre infrastructure and as they apply to Aruba and HPE solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Data fabric<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The term “fabric” refers to the architectural approach to data access or movement. Data fabric is an architecture that defines a set of data services, standardising data management practices across multiple cloud and on-premise environments, as well as edge devices. It aims to provide democratised data insights and visibility, equitable data access and control, and robust data protection and security. The benefits of this architecture include agility, efficiency, reduced bottlenecks, and speed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A typical example of a data fabric is the HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric File and Object Store<\/a>. The platform delivers a distributed data analytics solution across an entire organisation, irrespective of physical location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Composable infrastructure<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Composable infrastructure involves compute, storage, and networking resources being abstracted from their physical locations and managed by software through a web-based interface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The many benefits of this architecture include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n