General principles for selecting hardware

As a storage administrator, you must select the appropriate hardware for running a production IBM Storage Ceph cluster. When selecting hardware for IBM Storage Ceph, review these following general principles. These principles will help save time, avoid common mistakes, save money and achieve a more effective solution.

For a list of supported configurations, see IBM Storage Ceph Supported configurations.

Prerequisites

  • A planned use for IBM Storage Ceph.

  • Linux System Administration Advance level with Red Hat Enterprise Linux certification.

  • Storage administrator with Ceph Certification.