Planning

Planning involves considering the supported compatibility, physical configuration, and various storage strategy prerequisites before working with IBM Storage Ceph.

Considerations and recommendations
Use this information to understand all considerations and recommendations before you run your IBM Storage Ceph cluster.
Hardware
Get a high level guidance on selecting hardware for use with IBM Storage Ceph.
Storage strategies
A storage strategy is a method of storing data that serves a particular use case. Creating storage strategies for IBM Storage Ceph clusters includes creating CRUSH hierarchies, estimating the number of placement groups, determining which type of storage pool to create, and managing pools.
Installation and upgrade requirements
Use this IBM Storage Ceph software container and version information to learn how to obtain the correct container versions and tags during installation and upgrade procedures. Get to know how to log in to the IBM Container Registry (ICR) and get the needed container version and tags during installation and upgrades.