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Supporting two distinctly different types of data, with diverse characteristics, is causing cloud service providers to rethink their approach to building hosted architectures. Hyper-converged infrastructure, with flash-based performance and modular construction, is well suited for structured data applications. Object-based storage, with the ability to manage billions of files within a flat address