Red Hat Ceph Storage

What do you like best?

The best thing about the Ceph storage is it is open-source. Also, helpful in high scalability and storage efficiency. It consists storage of object storage, block storage, and also distributed file storage. It meets the requirements which will be used in the future. The user interface is considered to be good as well.

What do you dislike?

Lack of knowledge for deploying the safe system Ceph storage architecture can create chaos and also harm the security of the Ceph storage architecture. Without the help of a professional person, it cannot be setup with that much efficiency. If a part of the whole system gets falsify or corrupted then it is difficult to get hold of it. The documentation has to be completed to use all scenarios which are currently not available.

Recommendations to others considering the product:

Kindly go through multiple documents for setting up Ceph storage successfully. Without any prior knowledge, you might compromise the system's security. If the storage setup is not working as expected it is better to check if any disk is corrupted and the setup is right or not. every step needs to be checked with precision.

What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized?

Scalability is very much resolved which is not possible in the case of other tools. Like a disk or storage can be easily added or removed which is important in today's scenario in which downtime and uptime of storage matters a lot. Also, the best thing is the self-healing feature which Ceph storage posses as an open-source product.