Learning Ceph (Second edition.)

Implement and manage your software-defined, massively scalable Ceph storage system

About This Book

• Explore Ceph's architecture in order to achieve scalability and high availability.
• Get acquainted with Ceph storage clusters, which will help you replicate and redistribute huge amount of data
• Step-by-step guide (with examples) to using Ceph effectively

Who This Book Is For

A basic knowledge of GNU/Linux and storage systems is assumed. If you have no experience of software-defined storage solutions and Ceph, but are eager to learn about them, this is the book for you.

What you will learn

• Understand the limitations of existing systems and why you should use Ceph as a storage solution
• Get to grips with Ceph's architecture and discover the various Ceph components
• Perform instant deployment and testing of Ceph within a Vagrant and VirtualBox environment
• Familiarize yourself with Ceph operations such as maintenance, monitoring, and troubleshooting
• Implement storage provisioning in the form of Ceph's block, object, and file system
• Integrate Ceph with OpenStack Cinder, Glance, Manila, and Swift
• Master advanced topics in Ceph-including erasure coding, CRUSH map, and performance tuning-and learn the best practices for your Ceph cluster

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 with no single point of failure.

This book will give you all the skills you need to plan, deploy, and effectively manage your Ceph cluster. You will begin with the first module, where you will be introduced to Ceph uses cases, its architecture, and core projects. In the next module, you will learn to set up a test cluster, using Ceph clusters and hardware selection. After you have learned to use Ceph clusters, the next module will teach you how to monitor cluster health, improve performance, and troubleshoot any issues that arise. In the last module, you will learn to integrate Ceph with other tools such as OpenStack, Glance, Manila, Swift, and Cinder.

By the end of the book you will have learned to use Ceph effectively for your data storage requirements.