<s>
Composable	B-Architecture
disaggregated	I-Architecture
infrastructure	I-Architecture
(	O
CDI	O
)	O
,	O
sometimes	O
stylized	O
as	O
composable/disaggregated	O
infrastructure	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
technology	O
that	O
allows	O
enterprise	O
data	O
center	O
operators	O
to	O
achieve	O
the	O
cost	O
and	O
availability	O
benefits	O
of	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
using	O
on-premises	O
networking	O
equipment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
considered	O
a	O
class	O
of	O
converged	B-General_Concept
infrastructure	I-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
uses	O
management	O
software	O
to	O
combine	O
compute	O
,	O
storage	O
and	O
network	O
elements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allows	O
operators	O
to	O
allocate	O
compute	O
,	O
memory	O
,	O
and	O
storage	O
resources	O
inside	O
each	O
server	O
node	O
on-demand	O
,	O
over	O
a	O
high	O
speed	O
,	O
low	O
latency	O
computing	B-General_Concept
fabric	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
individual	O
components	O
can	O
be	O
managed	O
as	O
a	O
resource	O
pool	O
,	O
allowing	O
dynamic	O
provisioning	O
and	O
deprovisioning	O
with	O
a	O
common	O
application	B-Application
programming	I-Application
interface	I-Application
(	O
API	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
use	O
of	O
software	B-Application
APIs	I-Application
to	O
provisioning	O
the	O
resources	O
without	O
having	O
to	O
directly	O
program	O
any	O
individual	O
hardware	O
device	O
is	O
known	O
as	O
programmatic	O
control	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Operators	O
can	O
use	O
open	B-Application
APIs	I-Application
in	O
composable	O
infrastructure	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
integrate	O
third-party	O
software	O
and	O
hardware	O
with	O
proprietary	O
solutions	O
.	O
</s>
