Chapter 1. Ceph – Introduction and Beyond

In this chapter, we will cover the following recipes:

• Ceph – the beginning of a new era
• RAID – the end of an era
• Ceph – the architectural overview
• Planning the Ceph deployment
• Setting up a virtual infrastructure
• Installing and configuring Ceph
• Scaling up your Ceph cluster
• Using Ceph clusters with a hands-on approach