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19 articles tagged Ceph, newest first.
Ceph on 2.5GbE Works, but Everything Around It Is the Problem
A compact Proxmox cluster sparked a familiar storage debate. Ceph can run on 2.5GbE, but network speed is only one part of what it costs.
Ceph 2 OSD Cluster: Why 3 MONs Don't Make It HA
A two-OSD Proxmox Ceph cluster can run, but three MONs can't fix weak replica placement. The risks are in network design, min_size, and recovery.
Ceph 19.2.6 Upgrade: Check PG Counts Before You Start
A preflight for the Ceph Squid 19.2.6 security update: cluster health, .mgr pool PG counts, client compatibility and the new aes256k CephX key rotation.
Proxmox Storage: ZFS vs Ceph vs LVM Thin vs RAID
For most single-node Proxmox systems, I would choose ZFS when I want local redundancy and snapshots, or LVM Thin when I want simple local block storage.
Scaling a 40GB/s Ceph Cluster From Five Nodes to Six
A five-node Ceph cluster doing 40 GB/s reads and 2 million IOPS added a sixth NVMe node with no downtime. What smooth storage scaling depends on.
Two VMAX Cabinets: Why Some Enterprise Storage Can't Be Reborn
What to do with two retired EMC Symmetrix VMAX arrays: why repurposing fails, and where resale, trade-in, parts and recycling still make sense.
VAST Buying Red Stapler Feels Like a Cloud Pivot With Questions
Why VAST Data's Red Stapler acquisition split the storage crowd: control plane value for hyperscalers versus fears of yet another AI and cloud pivot.
Why My 3-Node Ceph Cluster Is Hitting a Wall at 25GbE
A 3-node Proxmox and Ceph lab with enterprise NVMe and 25GbE hit a ceiling in benchmarks. Why network saturation and cluster size set the limit.
How I Ended Up Running Ceph, StarWind and Synology at Once
A Proxmox homelab story about chasing HA bulk storage with Ceph, StarWind VSAN and Synology, and why letting each tool do its own job won out.
Why Your Proxmox Migration Failed (Hint: It Wasn't Proxmox)
Failed Proxmox migrations usually trace back to VMware era habits: uncapped ZFS ARC, Ceph on 1GbE and misaligned disks, not to Proxmox itself.
Ceph, StarWind or Something Else for HA Storage in Proxmox?
Why highly available Samba or NFS storage in Proxmox is hard, comparing Ceph, CephFS, StarWind VSAN, clustered filesystems and a plain NAS.
Tape Isn't Dead: What a 50PB Closed Site Actually Needs
A closed site with 50PB on IBM TS4500 tape weighs VAST Data, IBM ESS, Ceph and TrueNAS for its aging Tier 1, and why tape still earns its place.
MinIO Alternatives: Self-Hosted S3 After Maintenance Mode
MinIO's open-source version went into maintenance mode, then got archived. Compare the best MinIO alternatives: Garage, SeaweedFS, RustFS and Ceph.
Proxmox in the Enterprise: Gotchas for VMware Admins
What VMware admins run into when moving to Proxmox: storage design, Ceph hardware, AMD Epyc NUMA, Windows licensing, networking, HA and Oracle.
Cost-Effective Ceph at Home: Real Homelab Builds Compared
Cost-effective Ceph homelab builds, from Optiplex mini-PCs to Supermicro servers at $75 to $250 per node, plus the network, storage and noise tradeoffs.
How One Bad API Call Took Down an Entire Ceph Cluster
One bad curl request crashed every Ceph monitor in a Proxmox homelab. How the admin rebuilt the monitor store from OSDs, and the API validation lesson.
Ceph, HA, and the Minimum Viable Cluster for SMBs
The smallest Proxmox HA cluster that makes sense with Ceph, from 2-node setups with a QDevice to the 3 to 5 node builds the community recommends for SMBs.
Proxmox Ceph vs ZFS: Which Storage for a Homelab Cluster?
Ceph vs ZFS in Proxmox homelabs: a practical comparison of complexity, failure handling, and performance for real-world self-hosted clusters.
Proxmox Ceph vs ZFS vs NAS: HA Storage Compared
Proxmox Ceph vs ZFS vs NAS for high availability: how each handles a node failure, which cluster sizes it fits, and how to pick without overengineering.