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17 articles tagged Ceph, newest first.
Ceph 19.2.6 Upgrade: Check PG Counts Before You Start
Ceph Squid 19.2.6 is a security update worth installing, but I would not treat a large cluster like a laptop that can be patched first and investigated ...
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.
The Moment a 40GB/s Storage Beast Hit the Wall — Then Grew Even Bigger
There’s a certain kind of excitement that only infrastructure people understand.
Two VMAX Cabinets, One Painful Truth: Some Enterprise Storage Was Never Meant to Be Reborn
There’s something oddly emotional about seeing old enterprise storage sitting there, still physically impressive, still full of metal, fans, controllers...
VAST Buying Red Stapler Feels Like a Cloud Pivot With a Giant Question Mark Attached
There’s a moment in enterprise storage when a company stops sounding like a storage company and starts sounding like it wants to become a platform for e...
Your 25GbE Dream Is Slamming Into a Wall: The Brutal Truth About My 3-Node Ceph Cluster
A 3-node Proxmox + Ceph lab with enterprise NVMe and 25GbE looked perfect on paper, but benchmark ceilings exposed the practical bottlenecks that matter most in small clusters.
Ceph, StarWind, Synology: How I Accidentally Tried Every Storage Idea at Once
A story about running Ceph, StarWind VSAN, and Synology simultaneously—not by design, but because every attempt to simplify storage somehow added another layer instead.
Why Your Proxmox Migration Failed (Hint: It Wasn't Proxmox)
Most failed Proxmox migrations aren't Proxmox failures at all. They're the result of assumptions VMware spent 15 years teaching us to make — and infrastructure that stopped hiding its complexity.
Ceph, StarWind, or Something Else? The Awkward Middle Ground of HA Storage in Proxmox
When you want your Proxmox storage to 'just stay up' during node failures, you hit the awkward middle ground between Ceph, StarWind VSAN, clustered filesystems, and DIY NAS solutions. Here's why none of them feel quite right.
Tape Storage Was Supposed to Be Dead — Then Someone Showed Up With 50PB and a Reality Check
Every few years, someone declares tape storage dead with the confidence of a person who has never had to preserve tens of petabytes inside a closed site.
MinIO is in Maintenance Mode—Now What? Exploring the Best Self-Hosted S3 Alternatives
MinIO's open-source version is now in maintenance mode. Here's what happened, why the community is frustrated, and which S3-compatible alternatives like Garage, SeaweedFS, and Ceph are rising to take its place.
Proxmox in the Enterprise: The Gotchas VMware Admins Don't See Coming
VMware admins migrating to Proxmox face unexpected challenges that go beyond technical specs. From storage design to NUMA tuning and Windows licensing, here are the real-world gotchas experienced engineers wish they'd known before starting their migration.
What's the Most Cost-Effective Way to Run Ceph at Home?
From mini-PCs to pizza box servers, homelab enthusiasts share their real-world Ceph builds. Here's what actually works without breaking the bank.
How One Bad API Call Took Down an Entire Ceph Cluster
A single malformed curl request crashed every monitor in a Ceph cluster, freezing VMs and bringing down an entire homelab. Here's how one admin rebuilt from scratch — and what we can all learn about API validation in distributed systems.
Ceph, HA, and the Minimum Viable Cluster for SMBs
Exploring the smallest Proxmox cluster setup that makes sense for high availability with Ceph—from 2-node setups with QDevices to the community's recommended 3-5 node configurations.
Ceph Is a Beast, ZFS Just Works: Inside the Storage Wars of the Proxmox Community
Ceph vs ZFS in Proxmox homelabs: a practical comparison of complexity, failure handling, and performance for real-world self-hosted clusters.
Proxmox HA Storage: Ceph vs ZFS Replication vs NAS Failover Compared
Ceph vs ZFS vs NAS for Proxmox HA: tradeoffs, failure patterns, and architecture choices that improve reliability without overengineering.