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Learning Ceph
Learning Ceph

Learning Ceph: Unifed, scalable, and reliable open source storage solution , Second Edition

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Learning Ceph

Ceph Components and Services

Introduction

This chapter covers Ceph's components, services, and how they work together:

  • The daemons and components that make up the Ceph backend:
    • RADOS
    • Monitors (MONs)
    • OSDs
    • Ceph Manager
    • RGW
  • The services presented to users:
    • Block
    • Object
    • File

We'll describe each in turn, and what they mean to Ceph admins and users. This sets the stage for topics covered in the following chapters:

Core components

One of Ceph's advantages over other storage solutions is the wide and extensible range of services that can be offered with a single backend to manage.

Reliable Autonomic Distributed Object Store (RADOS)

Ceph's foundation is a low-level data store named RADOS that provides a common backend for multiple user-consumable services.

RADOS is an object storage system layer that provides a data durability and availability framework that all user-facing Ceph services are layered atop. RADOS is:

  • Highly available with no single point of failure (SPoF)
  • Reliable and resilient
  • Self-healing
  • Self-managing
  • Adaptive
  • Scalable
  • Not found on the Galactica

RADOS manages the distribution of data within Ceph. Durability...

Core services

Ceph provides four distinct interfaces to its common storage back end, each designed for a specific type of use case. In this section, we'll describe each and offer a real-world example of how it is used.

RADOS Block Device (RBD)

The RBD service is perhaps the most familiar, and at many sites is the primary or even only application of Ceph. It presents block (also known as volume) storage in a fashion that with traditional HDD/SDD applications can consume with little or no adjustment. In this way, it is somewhat analogous with facets of VxVM (™), Solaris Disk Suite (SVM)(), the Linux MD/LVM system, ISCSI or Fibre Channel () appliance, or even a ZFS () ZVOL. RBD volumes, however...

Summary

In this chapter we have touched on the required and optional components of your Ceph cluster, and the services they provide. In the following chapters, we'll help you select the right hardware for your own deployment, explore a number of crucial decisions and dependencies, and proceed through virtual deployment and common maintenance and monitoring tasks.

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Key benefits

  • •Explore Ceph's architecture in order to achieve scalability and high availability
  • •Learn to utilize Ceph efficiently with the help of practical examples
  • •Successfully implement Ceph clusters to scale-out storage solutions along with outstanding data protection

Description

Learning Ceph, Second Edition 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 use 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.

Who is this book for?

A basic knowledge of GNU/Linux, and storage systems, and server components 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

  • •The limitations of existing systems and why you should use Ceph as a storage solution
  • •Familiarity with Ceph s architecture, components, and services
  • •Instant deployment and testing of Ceph within a Vagrant and VirtualBox environment
  • •Ceph operations including maintenance, monitoring, and troubleshooting
  • •Storage provisioning of Ceph s block, object, and filesystem services
  • •Integrate Ceph with OpenStack
  • •Advanced topics including erasure coding, CRUSH maps, and performance tuning
  • •Best practices for your Ceph clusters

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Table of Contents

11 Chapters
Introducing Ceph Storage Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Ceph Components and Services Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Hardware and Network Selection Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Planning Your Deployment Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Deploying a Virtual Sandbox Cluster Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Operations and Maintenance Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Monitoring Ceph Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Ceph Architecture: Under the Hood Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Storage Provisioning with Ceph Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Integrating Ceph with OpenStack Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Performance and Stability Tuning Chevron down icon Chevron up icon

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A big improvement over the original! Lots of useful information that will help you avoid costly mistakes when building your first Ceph cluster.
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This book is so well organized and thought out. It was so easy to read and really was key in helping me manage my ceph clusters. Highly, highly recommend for anyone learning ceph!!
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Mostly useless. Ceph online documentation is much better.
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