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Introduction to IBM Storage Ceph.
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Introduction
IBM Storage Ceph is a software-defined, unified storage solution
Designed to provide scalable and flexible object and block storage capabilities for enterprise environments.
IBM Storage Ceph is a software-defined, unified storage solution
Designed to provide scalable and flexible object and block storage capabilities for enterprise environments.
IBM Storage Ceph is an enterprise-grade distributed, universal, software defined storage solution, proven at scale.
Storage Ceph has a flexible, scale-out storage architecture and runs on clustered x86 industry standard server hardware.
IBM also offers storage ready nodes, enabling clients for having a complete storage solution including both software and hardware.
Once installed, IBM Storage Ceph provides a single unified storage platform for S3 compatible object, file and block storage.
The installation process is invoked by one single command and IBM Storage Ceph also features a dashboard UI, Cephadm command line utility and APIs for lights out data center operations.
IBM Storage Ceph is based on Open Source software and comes with enterprise level support, delivered by IBM.
Storage Ceph has a flexible, scale-out storage architecture and runs on clustered x86 industry standard server hardware.
IBM also offers storage ready nodes, enabling clients for having a complete storage solution including both software and hardware.
Once installed, IBM Storage Ceph provides a single unified storage platform for S3 compatible object, file and block storage.
The installation process is invoked by one single command and IBM Storage Ceph also features a dashboard UI, Cephadm command line utility and APIs for lights out data center operations.
IBM Storage Ceph is based on Open Source software and comes with enterprise level support, delivered by IBM.
Operational benefits
Scalability
IBM Storage Ceph can scale horizontally and automatically invokes rebalancing of data across the available hardware resources.
Scaling-out does not only expand storage capacity, it also extends the cluster performance synchronously. With every expansion, the cluster adds CPU, memory capacity and also network interfaces (NICs) to broaden data communication paths.
Reliability
IBM Storage Ceph offers great reliability of zero data loss by having self-healing capabilities and autonomic failure domains.
The software solution will provide resilience in case of hardware failure or unplanned outage.
CAPEX efficiency
IBM Storage Ceph reduces CAPEX compared to traditional storage solutions which mainly use specific, specialized and expensive hardware.
Data security
IBM Storage Ceph offers encryption, Object lock, certified WORM functionality for regulatory compliance.
Flexibility
Simplify, Optimize, Energize
Choose the Ready Node devices required and the quantity or number of nodes.
Ready node scalability
Scale from a minimum amount of 4 nodes to hundreds of nodes, according to business needs.
Cluster expansions can be done in a method of N+1 scalability. This means that after the initial setup of 4 nodes, the cluster can be extended with a single node but also with multiple nodes, as desired for.
Centralized management
Flexibility by having common storage pool operations and unified storage services with Object, File, and Block access protocols.
Hybrid Cloud compatibility
Seamless connectivity and access to data on-prem, compatible with public cloud providers, with a high fidelity of similarity.
IBM Storage Ready Node
IBM Storage ready node is a ready to run solution for IBM Storage Ceph, including both hardware and software.
The solution is feasible for all known IBM Storage Ceph workloads.
Product overview
IBM Storage Ready Nodes are a simple, flexible and cost-effective way to deploy IBM Storage Ceph software on validated and optimized industry standard hardware with both software and hardware support from a single vendor. IBM Storage Ready Nodes are designed to be simple, all the way from initial purchase and deployment to the ongoing management and scalability of the system. The Ready Nodes are installed into existing infrastructure of the client, racks, PDU, networking.
The solution is feasible for all known IBM Storage Ceph workloads.
Product overview
IBM Storage Ready Nodes are a simple, flexible and cost-effective way to deploy IBM Storage Ceph software on validated and optimized industry standard hardware with both software and hardware support from a single vendor. IBM Storage Ready Nodes are designed to be simple, all the way from initial purchase and deployment to the ongoing management and scalability of the system. The Ready Nodes are installed into existing infrastructure of the client, racks, PDU, networking.
Simplify, Optimize, Energize
Choose the Ready Node devices required and the quantity or number of nodes.
Ready node scalability
Scale from a minimum amount of 4 nodes to hundreds of nodes, according to business needs.
Cluster expansions can be done in a method of N+1 scalability. This means that after the initial setup of 4 nodes, the cluster can be extended with a single node but also with multiple nodes, as desired for.
Centralized management
Ceph dashboard web-based UI
An intuitive user interface that allows for easy, straightforward navigation.
Delivers a simplified experience for common administrative tasks
Key tasks include managing storage capacity, configuring services, access for file, block and object, object buckets, users, and S3 access keys.
Delivers a simplified experience for common administrative tasks
Key tasks include managing storage capacity, configuring services, access for file, block and object, object buckets, users, and S3 access keys.
CLI-based administration with Cephadm
Cephadm is a utility that deploys and manages an IBM Storage Ceph cluster and is tightly integrated with both the command-line interface (CLI) and the IBM Storage Ceph dashboard through a web user interface. Both can be used in a mixed way, because of API usage.
Clients can manage IBM storage Ceph clusters from within either environment.
Clients can manage IBM storage Ceph clusters from within either environment.
IBM Storage Ceph resources for more information
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15 August 2024
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