Overview Learn about the architecture, data security, and hardening concepts for IBM Storage Ceph. Understanding IBM Storage Ceph terminologyUnderstand terms and definitions for the IBM Storage Ceph storage system.ArchitectureGet to know the architecture information for Ceph Storage Clusters and their clients.Data security and hardeningUse this information to learn about data security and hardening information for IBM Storage Ceph Clusters and their clients. The information here also provides advice and good practices information for hardening the security of IBM Storage Ceph, with a focus on the Ceph Orchestrator using cephadm for IBM Storage Ceph deployments.Call HomeCall Home connects the system to support personnel who can monitor and respond to system events to ensure that your system remains up and running. You can use Call Home to send automatic delivery of inventory, status, and last contact information, and IBM Storage Insights support.Ceph File SystemCeph File System (CephFS) is a distributed file system that integrates seamlessly with the Ceph storage architecture. By leveraging the Ceph RADOS (Reliable Autonomic Distributed Object Store), CephFS provides a scalable and robust file system interface, adhering to POSIX standards. NFS file servicesCeph NFS File Services are based on the NFS open-source user-space Network File system (NFS) server that allows the export file systems using the NFS protocol. These NFS File Services provide a highly available, high-performance and scalable solution for sharing files across different systems in a distributed environment.NVMe over FabricsCeph Block Device now offers NVMe-oF gateway support. Non-Volatile Memory express (NVMe) and NVMe over Fabrics (NVMe-oF) protocols are designed specifically to enable the full capabilities of parallelism and performance with all-flash storage systems.SMB file servicesYou can access CephFS using the SMB protocol through the SMB suite and samba-container images that are managed by Ceph. The SMB manager module provides an interface for deploying and controlling clusters of SMB services and managing SMB shares.