Wednesday, May 27, 2020

The Engineering of a Ceph Cluster Solution: Change the Way You Store Data




We here at 45Drives are big fans of Ceph (as you may know). Ceph is the premier open-source clustering software. It works by linking multiple servers together into a single unit that can provide object, file, and block storage. Storage clustering enables important features that you may want access to, but are architecturally impossible with single server solutions. Clusters are also becoming more accessible than ever. 45Drives takes a bit different of an approach to selling and supporting clusters than legacy vendors. But before we talk about that, what makes clusters so appealing?