▶Book 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.
▶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
▶Key Features
⦁ 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
▶Who This Book Is For
A basic knowledge of GNU/Linux, storage systems, and server components is assumed. If you have no experience with software-defined storage solutions and Ceph, but are eager to
learn about them, this is the book for you. Those already managing Ceph deployments will also find value in the breadth and depth of the material presented.
▶Style and approach
This step-by-step guide, including use cases and examples, not only helps you to easily use Ceph but also demonstrates how you can use it to solve any of your server or drive storage issues.
▶What this book covers
⦁ Chapter 1, Introducing Ceph Storage, here we explore Ceph’s role as storage needs evolve and embrace cloud computing. Also covered are Ceph’s release cycle and history including changes since the first edition of Learning Ceph .
⦁ Chapter 2, Ceph Components and Services, a tour through Ceph’s major components and the services they implement. Examples of each service’s use cases are given.
⦁ Chapter 3, Hardware and Network Selection, is a comprehensive journey through the maze of hardware choices that one faces when provisioning Ceph infrastructure. While Ceph is highly adaptable to diverse server components, prudent planning can help you optimize
your choices for today and tomorrow.
⦁ Chapter 4, Planning Your Deployment, is the software complement to Chapter 3, Hardware and Network Selection. We guide the reader through deployment and provisioning decisions for both Ceph and the underlying operating system.
⦁ Chapter 5, Deploying a Virtual Sandbox Cluster, is an automated, fully functional Ceph deployment on virtual machines. This provides opportunities for hands-on experience within minutes.
⦁ Chapter 6, Ceph Operations and Maintenance, is a deep and wide inventory of day to day operations. We cover management of Ceph topologies, services, and configuration settings as well as, maintenance and debugging.
⦁ Chapter 7, Monitoring Ceph, a comprehensive collection of commands, practices, and dashboard software to help keep a close eye on the health of Ceph clusters.
⦁ Chapter 8, Ceph Architecture: Under the Hood, deep-dives into the inner workings of Ceph with low-level architecture, processes, and data flow.
⦁ Chapter 9, Storage Provisioning with Ceph, here we practice the client side of provisioning and managing each of Ceph’s major services.
⦁ Chapter 10, Integrating Ceph with OpenStack, explores the components of the OpenStack cloud infrastructure platform and how they can exploit Ceph for resilient and scalable storage.
⦁ Chapter 11, Performance and Stability Tuning, provides a collection of Ceph, networks, filesystems, and underlying operating system settings to optimize cluster performance and stability. Benchmarking of cluster performance is also explored.
