Ceph is a highly scalable distributed storage system providing object, block, and file storage in a unified platform. It's designed for performance, reliability and scalability from terabytes to exabytes.

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Ceph is a highly scalable, software-defined storage platform that provides object, block, and file storage capabilities in a single unified system. It's designed to be self-healing and self-managing, with no single point of failure.

Key Features

  • Storage Types:

    • RADOS object storage
    • RBD block storage
    • CephFS file system
    • S3/Swift compatibility
    • NFS/SMB gateways
    • iSCSI target support
  • Scalability & Performance:

    • Horizontal scaling
    • Automatic data rebalancing
    • No single point of failure
    • Multi-site replication
    • Erasure coding
    • BlueStore storage backend
  • Management & Monitoring:

    • Built-in monitoring
    • Self-healing capabilities
    • Automated recovery
    • Comprehensive metrics
    • Dashboard interface
    • CLI tools
  • Enterprise Features:

    • Data encryption
    • Access control
    • Audit logging
    • Snapshot support
    • Disaster recovery
    • Multi-tenancy

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