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How to Build an Open-Source HCI Platform with Ceph, Kubernetes & OpenStack

From Cloud Chaos to Full Control — Automating Your Open-Source HCI You don’t realize you’ve outgrown the cloud — until you do. The first signs? Your object storage usage hits 100+ TB. Monthly bills creep into four-digit territory. And suddenly, that “convenient” cloud setup feels more like a cage. That’s when building your own open-source […]

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Ceph as an OpenStack Storage Backend: Real-World Lessons and Why It’s Still the Default in 2025

Introduction If you’re deploying OpenStack, the question of storage isn’t if—it’s how much pain you’re willing to endure.Choosing the right Ceph storage backend for OpenStack is often the difference between a stable deployment and ongoing headaches. We’ve worked with OpenStack clouds of all sizes—from small dev environments to enterprise-grade clusters with thousands of VMs—and time […]