Learning Ceph

A practical guide to designing, implementing, and managing your software-defined, massively scalable Ceph storage system

About This Book

• Learn how to unleash the power of Ceph and solve all your storage issues
• A comprehensive guide to developing and integrating Ceph with practical tutorials
• Get started with the essential information needed to implement a Ceph cluster

Who This Book Is For

If you already have basic knowledge of GNU/Linux and storage systems, but have no experience of software-defined storage solutions and Ceph, and are eager to learn about it, this is the book for you. If you are looking for your next career jump as a Ceph administrator, this book is also ideal for you.

In Detail

Ceph is an open source, software-defined storage solution, which runs on commodity hardware to provide exabyte-level scalability. It is well known to be a highly reliable storage system that has no single point of failure.

This book will give you all the skills you need to plan, deploy, and effectively manage your Ceph cluster, guiding you through an overview of Ceph’s technology, architecture, and components. With a step-by-step, tutorial-style explanation of the deployment of each Ceph component, the book will take you through Ceph storage provisioning and integration with OpenStack.

You will then discover how to deploy and set up your Ceph cluster, discovering the various components and why we need them. This book takes you from a basic level of knowledge in Ceph to an expert understanding of its most advanced features.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introducing Ceph Storage
Chapter 2: Ceph Instant Deployment
Chapter 3: Ceph Architecture and Components
Chapter 4: Ceph Internals
Chapter 5: Deploying Ceph – the Way You Should Know
Chapter 6: Storage Provisioning with Ceph
Chapter 7: Ceph Operations and Maintenance
Chapter 8: Monitoring Your Ceph Cluster
Chapter 9: Integrating Ceph with OpenStack
Chapter 10: Ceph Performance Tuning and Benchmarking