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Red Hat Ceph Storage pros and cons

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PROS

Red Hat Ceph Storage offers both block and object storage from a single cluster, enhancing flexibility and cost-effectiveness.
Its adaptability with various commodity hardware ensures high reliability and scalability.
Data redundancy features, such as replication and erasure coding, provide protection and high availability.
Integration capabilities allow it to replace multiple traditional storage systems with a unified solution.
Red Hat Ceph Storage delivers exceptional performance, earning high recommendations for its scalability and reliability.

CONS

Red Hat Ceph Storage struggles with network and storage node failures, impacting recovery time and stability.
Documentation is often misleading and incomplete, posing challenges during installation and troubleshooting.
Geo-replication and rebalancing features require further development, along with performance enhancements during these processes.
It demands considerable CPU and network resources, lacking deduplication and efficient rebalancing capabilities.
Licensing costs are excessively high, posing a financial challenge for users.
 

Red Hat Ceph Storage Pros review quotes

AB
Jul 5, 2017
The ability to provide block storage and object storage from the same storage cluster is very valuable for us.
Joos Mulio - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 1, 2023
The solution is pretty stable.
SM
Feb 19, 2025
I really like that Red Hat Ceph Storage can be used as a total solution without any storage area network components.
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it_user860847 - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 22, 2018
Ceph has simplified my storage integration. I no longer need two or three storage systems, as Ceph can support all my storage needs. I no longer need OpenStack Swift for REST object storage access, I no longer need NFS or GlusterFS for filesystem sharing, and most importantly, I no longer need LVM or DRBD for my virtual machines in OpenStack.
Ahmed_Taha - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 27, 2022
What I found most valuable from Red Hat Ceph Storage is integration because if you are talking about a solution that consists purely of Red Hat products, this is where integration benefits come in. In particular, Red Hat Ceph Storage becomes a single solution for managing the entire environment in terms of the container or the infrastructure, or the worker nodes because it all comes from a single plug.
FC
Apr 11, 2018
We have some legacy servers that can be associated with this structure. With Ceph, we can rearrange these machines and reuse our investment.
ANDRE VINICIUS HAMERSKI - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 4, 2024
Ceph Storage allows us to add value related to cost and offers a unique experience compared to traditional storage.
reviewer1125696 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 26, 2022
I like the distributed and self-healing nature of the product.
RV
Feb 20, 2025
The scalability feature is used by all users and is critical for our operations.
it_user854061 - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 11, 2018
Ceph was chosen to maintain exact performance and capacity characteristics for customer cloud.
 

Red Hat Ceph Storage Cons review quotes

AB
Jul 5, 2017
Ceph does not deal very well with, or takes a long time to recover from, certain kinds of network failures and individual storage node failures.
Joos Mulio - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 1, 2023
If you use for any other solution like other Kubernetes solutions, it's not very suitable.
SM
Feb 19, 2025
I've heard the integration with OpenShift is great, however, the licensing cost is excessively high.
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it_user860847 - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 22, 2018
I have encountered issues with stability when replication factor was not 3, which is the default and recommended value. Go below 3 and problems will arise.
Ahmed_Taha - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 27, 2022
What could be improved in Red Hat Ceph Storage is its user interface or GUI.
FC
Apr 11, 2018
In the deployment step, we need to create some config files to add Ceph functions in OpenStack modules (Nova, Cinder, Glance). It would be useful to have a tool that validates the format of the data in those files, before generating a deploy with failures.
ANDRE VINICIUS HAMERSKI - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 4, 2024
While the documentation for Ceph Storage is helpful, it could be improved.
reviewer1125696 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 26, 2022
The product lacks RDMA support for inter-OSD communication.
RV
Feb 20, 2025
I have not identified any drawbacks, however, the response to public platform inquiries could be faster.
it_user854061 - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 11, 2018
Ceph is not a mature product at this time. Guides are misleading and incomplete. You will meet all kind of bugs and errors trying to install the system for the first time. It requires very experienced personnel to support and keep the system in working condition, and install all necessary packets.