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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 […]

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Why DigitalOcean Uses Ceph for S3-Compatible Storage (And What It Means for You)

If you’re evaluating how to build or manage your own S3-compatible object storage, you’re not alone. Even major cloud providers like DigitalOcean made that shift — and chose Ceph, one of the most powerful (and complex) open-source storage platforms available. This wasn’t a decision made lightly. It came after careful technical evaluation and strategic forecasting. […]