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Block storage

Ceph’s object storage system isn’t limited to native binding or RESTful APIs. You can mount Ceph as a thinly provisioned block device! When you write data to Ceph using a block device, Ceph automatically stripes and replicates the data across the cluster. Ceph’s RADOS Block Device (RBD) also integrates with Kernel Virtual Machines (KVMs), bringing Ceph’s virtually unlimited storage to KVMs running on your Ceph clients.

HOW IT WORKS

Ceph RBD interfaces with the same Ceph object storage system that provides the librados interface and the Ceph FS file system, and it stores block device images as objects. Since RBD is built on top of librados, RBD inherits librados capabilites, including read-only snapshots and revert to snapshot. By striping images across the cluster, Ceph improves read access performance for large block device images.

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BENEFITS

  • Thinly provisioned
  • Resizable images
  • Image import/export
  • Image copy or rename
  • Read-only snapshots
  • Revert to snapshots
  • Ability to mount with Linux or QEMU KVM clients!
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