Ceph: A Unified Storage Solution

Ceph is an open‐source, distributed storage platform that offers unified block, file, and object storage. When run under Kubernetes, it provides scalable, resilient, and self-healing data management using commodity hardware.

In the context of Mirantis k0rdent Enterprise, Ceph’s benefits become even clearer. Mirantis k0rdent Enterprise simplifies deploying and managing Ceph on your own clusters. This means you can take advantage of dynamic persistent volume provisioning, unified storage for varied workloads, and robust, fault-tolerant data distribution—all without the need for complex manual setup.

By integrating Ceph with Mirantis k0rdent Enterprise, you get a straightforward way to manage stateful applications in Kubernetes while ensuring efficient, high-availability storage across your environment.

In Mirantis k0rdent Enterprise, Ceph is installed on a Kubernetes cluster by creating a ServiceTemplate and enabling the service on a ClusterDeployment that represents it.