1. In a computer architecture including one or more processors and system memory, the computer architecture also including an application host, a persistence provider, a command reduction processor, and an instance store, the application host compatible with persistence commands in an application host command set, the instance store compatible with persistence commands in an instance store command set, the persistence provider containing an instance persistence command processor and instance store driver, the instance persistence command processor and instance store driver configured to interoperate to translate persistence commands between the application host command set and the instance store command set, a method for converting a persistence command for compatibility with the instance store command set, the method comprising: an act of the command reduction processor receiving a persistence command along with a reducer call back from the instance store driver, the persistence command from the application host command set, the reducer call back for calling a command reducer component providing one or more implementation strategies for the persistence command, the persistence command and reducer call back sent from the instance store driver to the command reduction processor in response to an inability to translate the persistence command for compatibility with the instance store command set; an act of the command reduction processor using the reducer call back to call the command reducer component for the persistence command; an act of the command reduction processor receiving back one or more reduced persistence commands from the command reducer, the one or more reduced persistence commands from the application host command set, the one or more reduced persistence commands representing one strategy for implementing the intent of at least a portion of the persistence command; and an act of the command reduction processor forwarding the one or more reduced persistence commands to the instance store driver for translation for compatibility with the instance store command set.