MasteringCeph

MasteringCeph
KeyFeaturesLeverageCeph'sadvancedfeaturessuchaserasurecoding,tiering,andBluestoreSolvelarge-scaleproblemswithCephasatoolbyunderstandingitsstrengthsandweaknessestodevelopthebestsolutionsApracticalguidethatcoversengagingusecasestohelpyouuseadvancedfeaturesofCepheffectivelyBookDescriptionMasteringCephcoversallthatyouneedtoknowtouseCepheffectively.Startingwithdesigngoalsandplanningstepsthatshouldbeundertakentoensuresuccessfuldeployments,youwillbeguidedthroughtosettingupanddeployingtheCephcluster,withthehelpoforchestrationtools.KeyareasofCephincludingBluestore,Erasurecodingandcachetieringwillbecoveredwithhelpofexamples.DevelopmentofapplicationswhichuseLibradosandDistributedcomputationswithsharedobjectclassesarealsocovered.AsectionontuningwilltakeyouthroughtheprocessofoptimisizingbothCephanditssupportinginfrastructure.Finally,youwilllearntotroubleshootissuesandhandlevariousscenarioswhereCephislikelynottorecoveronitsown.Bytheendofthebook,youwillbeabletosuccessfullydeployandoperatearesilienthighperformanceCephcluster.WhatyouwilllearnKnowwhenandhowtousesomeofCeph'sadvancednewfeaturesSetupatestclusterwithAnsibleandsomevirtualmachinesusingVirtualBoxandVagrantDevelopnovelsolutionstomassiveproblemswithlibradosandsharedobjectclasses.Chooseintelligentparametersforanerasurecodedpoolandsetitup.ConfiguretheBluestoresettingsandseehowtheyinteractwithdifferenthardwareconfigurations.KeepCephrunningthroughthickandthinwithtuning,monitoringanddisasterrecoveryadvice.AbouttheAuthorNickFiskisanITspecialistwithastronghistoryinenterprisestorage.Havingworkedinavarietyofrolesthroughouthiscareer,hehasencounteredawidevarietyoftechnologies.In2012,Nickwasgiventheopportunitytofocusmoretow