Ceph

Ceph is an open source, software-defined storage platform that combines object storage, block storage and file system access in one unified solution. Built for resilience and scale, Ceph delivers high performance, strong durability and operational autonomy. Whether you manage data for research, telecom or enterprise environments, Ceph offers the flexibility to stay in control.

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What is Ceph?

Ceph is a distributed storage platform that eliminates single points of failure and scales seamlessly to the exabyte level. It runs on standard hardware and uses standard networking protocols, offering maximum flexibility and cost efficiency. Ceph ensures data durability through smart mechanisms like replication, erasure coding, snapshots and clones. Its self-healing, self-managing architecture reduces operational complexity and enables continuous availability.

With Ceph, you gain access to a unified storage cluster that supports object, block and file interfaces from a single platform. This simplifies infrastructure while offering freedom of choice and full ownership. Ceph is actively maintained by a committed community and innovative contributors from around the world.

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Why organizations choose Ceph

Performance
Ceph is built for low latency, high throughput and zero downtime. You can run it on your own commodity hardware and scale performance and capacity as needed.

Scalability
With the global volume of data projected to exceed 175 zettabytes by 2025, Ceph is engineered to scale with your growth. Its distributed design allows you to expand storage with minimal friction.

Reliability and control
Ceph safeguards data with automated cluster management. From CRUSH maps and deduplication to daemon monitoring, the system is designed to protect availability and data integrity.

Flexible storage interfaces
Object storage, block storage, and file storage are three distinct ways to store data, each with its own characteristics and ideal use cases. Object storage excels at storing large amounts of unstructured data, file storage is optimized for shared access and hierarchical organization, and block storage provides high-performance access for applications requiring direct data manipulation.

Object storage
Ceph’s RGW service delivers S3-compatible object storage with advanced security, data tiering and interoperability features. Connect your S3 or Swift-based applications to a scalable backend that can span data centers globally.

Block storage
Ceph RBD (RADOS Block Device) provides distributed block storage for high-performance environments. Features like thin provisioning, snapshots, writable clones and asynchronous mirroring make it ideal for private clouds and virtualization.

File system
CephFS is a POSIX-compliant distributed file system with support for snapshots, quotas and multi-cluster replication. Linux systems can mount it natively or via FUSE/NFS gateways.

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