Chapter 1-18. Introduction to Congestion in Storage Networks

Q: Would moving to the cloud eliminate congestion in storage networks?

It depends on how you define the Cloud. 这取决于您如何定义 "云"。

If moving an application to a public cloud, you just pay for it, and the cloud provider will detect, troubleshoot, and prevent congestion in their networks so that your application performance is acceptable. 如果将应用程序转移到公共云，您只需支付费用，云提供商就会检测、排除故障并防止网络拥塞，从而使您的应用程序性能达到可接受的水平。

If you want to offer a cloud-like experience using on-premises infrastructure (called private cloud), then it is your job (or someone in your organization) to detect, troubleshoot, and prevent congestion in your networks so that your application performance is acceptable. 如果您想使用内部基础设施（称为私有云）提供类似云的体验，那么您（或您组织中的人）就有责任检测、排除故障并防止网络拥塞，从而使您的应用程序性能达到可接受的水平。

A similar analogy is renting a car. The renter doesn’t do maintenance, although the car still needs maintenance, which is done by the rental car company. The renter just pays an all-inclusive price. 一个类似的比喻是租车。租车人不做保养，但汽车仍然需要保养，保养工作由租车公司负责。租车者只需支付全包价格。

Q: Would moving to HCI or SDS eliminate congestion in storage networks?

It depends on the application and how much traffic it sends on the network. It would be inaccurate to assume that simply moving from a SAN or NAS architecture to HCI or SDS eliminates congestion. As explained earlier, all these architectures result in network traffic using different transports, and when there is traffic, there is a potential for congestion. 这取决于应用及其在网络上发送的流量。如果认为仅仅从 SAN 或 NAS 架构转移到 HCI 或 SDS 就能消除拥塞，那是不准确的。如前所述，所有这些架构都会导致网络流量使用不同的传输方式，而只要有流量，就有可能出现拥塞。