{"id":14731,"date":"2016-11-16T13:13:14","date_gmt":"2016-11-16T13:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/converged-fabric\/"},"modified":"2016-11-16T13:13:14","modified_gmt":"2016-11-16T13:13:14","slug":"converged-fabric","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/32292\/converged-fabric","title":{"rendered":"Converged Fabric"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_converged_fabric_mean\">What Does Converged Fabric Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\n\tConverged fabric is one of several terms circling around the<br \/>\nidea of converged infrastructure, a concept for bundling IT components into a<br \/>\nsingle package for efficiency purposes. As vendors and others work to describe<br \/>\nand define converged infrastructure, terms like \u201cconverged fabric\u201d and \u201cfabric-based<br \/>\ncomputing\u201d have emerged. Converged infrastructures offer the ability to manage<br \/>\nvarious parts of a system in the same central module or unit.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"techopedia_explains_converged_fabric\">Techopedia Explains Converged Fabric<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Convergence may include consolidating storage components, management components and automation tools. For example, a converged fabric system might converge management, migration and iSCSI storage facilities into one converged bundle.\n<\/p>\n<p>Engineers can experiment with creating converged fabrics with tools like Powershell scripts to serve hypervisor and server infrastructure. The end result should be an efficient and workable system that, instead of keeping functionality in silos, consolidates it in order to promote best results.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Does Converged Fabric Mean? 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