Ceph Days Raleigh 2026
Bringing Ceph to Raleigh ¶
A full-day event dedicated to sharing Ceph's transformative power and fostering the vibrant Ceph community in Raleigh!
Hear directly from Ceph experts, core contributors, customers, partners, and community members as they share the status of the Ceph project, recent Ceph project improvements and roadmap, and Ceph community news, and more! The day ends with a networking reception.
Important Dates ¶
CFP Opens: 2026-01-05- CFP Closes: 2026-02-16
- Registration Opens: 2026-02-16
- Speakers receive confirmation of acceptance: 2026-02-27
- Schedule Announcement: 2026-03-06
- Event Date: 2026-03-25
CFP and Registration ¶
The Call for Papers (CFP) is open from January 5, 2026 to February 16, 2026. During that window, you may submit your proposal here:
Registration will open on February 16, 2026. Details pending!
In the meantime, you may review the suggested proposal topics. Anyone of any background or experience level with Ceph is encouraged to submit.
Suggested Proposal Topics:
- Ceph operations, management, and development
- New and proposed Ceph features, development status
- Ceph development roadmap
- Best practices
- Ceph use-cases, solution architectures, and user experiences
- Ceph performance and optimization
- Platform Integrations
- Kubernetes, OpenShift
- OpenStack (Cinder, Manila, etc.)
- Spark
- Multi-site and multi-cluster data services
- Persistent memory, ZNS SSDs, SMR HDDs, DPUs, and other new hardware technologies
- Storage management, monitoring, and deployment automation
- Experiences deploying and operating Ceph in production and/or at scale
- Small-scale or edge deployments
- Long-term, archival storage
- Data compression, deduplication, and storage optimization
- Developer processes, tools, challenges
- Ceph testing infrastructure, tools
- Ceph community issues, outreach, and project governance
- Ceph documentation, training, and learner experience
... and more!
Schedule ¶
The schedule will be finalized on March 6, 2026. Stay tuned for details!
| Time | Talk |
|---|---|
| 8:30-9:00 AM (30 min) | Check-in and Breakfast |
| 9:00-9:10 AM (10 min) | Welcome |
| 9:10-9:40 AM (30 min) | Keynote - State of Ceph |
| 9:40-11:10 AM (30 min) | Sessions / Lightning Talks |
| 11:10-11:40 AM (30 min) | Tea/Coffee Break |
| 11:40-1:10 PM (30 min) | Sessions / Lightning Talks |
| 1:10-2:10 PM (60 min) | Lunch |
| 2:10-3:40 PM (30 min) | Sessions / Lightning Talks |
| 3:40-4:10 PM (30 min) | Snack Break |
| 4:10-5:00 PM (30 min) | Sessions / Lightning Talks |
| 5:00-5:30 PM (30 min) | Networking Reception |
Hotel Recommendations ¶
| Hotel | Website |
|---|---|
| DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel Raleigh-Durham | DoubleTree Website |
| Marriott Raleigh Durham Research Triangle Park | Mariott Website |
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