Hands-On Ceph
Deploy, Manage, and Optimize Modern Ceph Clusters – Practical Labs and Real-World Scenarios
Build, deploy, and master Ceph storage clusters with confidence.
Hands-On Ceph is the ultimate practical guide for learning Ceph storage through real-world labs. From RADOS to CephFS and RGW, you’ll explore how to design, deploy, and operate scalable, fault-tolerant storage clusters in production.
Designed for DevOps engineers, system administrators, and architects, this book bridges the gap between theory and practice—empowering you to go from zero to production expert.
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Build, deploy, and master Ceph storage clusters with confidence.
Hands-On Ceph is the ultimate practical guide for learning Ceph storage through real-world labs. From RADOS to CephFS and RGW, you’ll explore how to design, deploy, and operate scalable, fault-tolerant storage clusters in production.
Designed for DevOps engineers, system administrators, and architects, this book bridges the gap between theory and practice—empowering you to go from zero to production expert.
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Ceph is at the heart of modern data centers and cloud infrastructures, powering petabytes of resilient and scalable storage.
Hands-On Ceph walks you through every layer of the system—from architecture to deployment and advanced administration. You’ll learn how to design your Ceph cluster, deploy it using Cephadm, manage pools, CRUSH maps, and OSDs, and optimize performance for real workloads.
The book also covers CephFS, RBD, and RADOS Gateway configuration, NVMe-over-Fabrics integration, monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana, and best practices for troubleshooting and scaling.
Whether you’re a DevOps engineer, system administrator, or architect, this book gives you both the theory and the hands-on experience to become a Ceph expert.
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BEKROUNDJO Akoley Aristide
Akoley Aristide Bekroundjo is a Cloud Architect, trainer, and founder of EC INTELLIGENCE, a company dedicated to helping enterprises build modern IT infrastructures. With more than a decade of hands-on experience, he has designed and deployed Proxmox, Ceph, OpenStack, and OpenShift clusters for organizations across Africa, Europe, and the Americas.
Aristide has also delivered professional training to hundreds of engineers, administrators, and architects, bridging the gap between open-source innovation and enterprise-class requirements. His mission is to make high-availability, scalable, and secure infrastructures accessible to companies of all sizes.
When he is not teaching or architecting complex environments, he shares his insights through books, articles, and technical videos, always aiming to translate advanced concepts into clear, actionable knowledge.
Contents
Table of Contents
- Chapter 1 – Introduction to Software-Defined Storage
- Chapter 2 – Ceph Architecture Deep Dive
- Chapter 3 – Data Distribution and Organization
- Chapter 4 – Storage Access Methods
- Chapter 5 – Hardware Planning and Infrastructure Design
- Chapter 6 – Building Your First Ceph Cluster
- Chapter 7 – Advanced Pool Management
- Chapter 8 – Mastering CRUSH Maps
- Chapter 9 – Security and Access Control
- Chapter 10 – Storage Provisioning: RADOS, RGW & RBD
- Chapter 11 – CephFS in Production
- Chapter 12 – Monitoring and Observability
- Chapter 13 – Operations and Maintenance
- Chapter 14 – Appendices and Supporting Materials
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