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What is Ceph, and How to Deploy It in an Enterprise Data Stack?

Last updated on
September 8, 2025
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What is Ceph?

Ceph is a software-defined storage platform that unifies object, block, and file storage into a single distributed system. It enables organizations to build massive-scale storage infrastructure using standard hardware while ensuring data reliability through automated replication and self-healing capabilities. For example, a media streaming company can use Ceph to store and serve millions of video files across multiple data centers, automatically scaling storage capacity and performance as demand grows, while maintaining continuous content availability even if hardware components fail.

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Why is Ceph better on Shakudo?

Ceph’s distributed, fault-tolerant architecture provides seamless scalability for object, block, and file storage. On Shakudo, Ceph is automatically orchestrated, monitored, and integrated as a native component of the data infrastructure stack—without bespoke configs or manual deployments—allowing storage to scale with data workloads without additional DevOps investment.

Teams using Ceph in traditional setups often face long provisioning times, misaligned integrations across tools, and fragmented access control. On Shakudo, Ceph becomes part of a unified operating system where data pipelines, compute, identity, and storage operate cohesively. This eliminates toil, accelerates deployment cycles, and ensures cross-tool interoperability out of the box.

Shakudo drastically reduces time-to-value for Ceph-powered initiatives by transforming it from a complex technical implementation into a turnkey component aligned with the rest of your AI stack—from model training to data cataloging—managed seamlessly within your own infrastructure.

Why is Ceph better on Shakudo?

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