Ceph Distributed Storage Fundamentals (November 2024)

About This Course

The Ceph Distributed Storage Fundamentals module is our technical deep dive into the Ceph distributed storage platform. This course is designed to provide an in-depth understanding of Ceph's architecture, design, and implementation.

This course contains a total of 36 lessons including 19 hands-on labs. You can expect to spend about 30-60 minutes on each lesson.

Objectives

At the end of the class you will

Know and understand the design and architecture of the Ceph platform;

Understand the relative strengths and weaknesses, stability, and suitability for production of various Ceph components;

Be able to design and deploy a Ceph cluster in a production environment;

Understand the Ceph object store (RADOS), RADOS Block Device (RBD), the Ceph filesystem (CephFS), and RADOS Gateway (RGW) for ReSTful object access.

In the interactive labs, you will use the ceph-ansible and Cephadm deployment methods and the Ceph 17.2 Quincy and 18.2 Reef releases, including the Ceph web dashboard.

In a separate bonus lab, you will also be able to upgrade to the recent Ceph 19.2 Squid release.

Course Staff

Florian Haas

Drawing from a decade of experience in open source technology, Florian has been a user, occasional contributor, and advocate for Ceph since early 2012. He has participated in the implementation of many Ceph clusters of all sizes, and frequently consults on Ceph projects. He is also very active in the OpenStack community.

Namrata Sitlani

Namrata is a Software Developer and Courseware Designer at Cleura. She has been actively contributing to OpenStack since 2016 and is a Core Reviewer of OpenStack Zun. She is an active speaker at OpenStack meetups and mentor for events which spread awareness and encourage students to contribute to OpenStack community.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need to download or install anything?

No, all course material will be delivered on demand to your device via your web browser. Labs will be conducted online as well.

What web browser should I use?

The Open edX platform works best with current versions of Mozilla Firefox, Safari, or any Chromium-based browser.