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Ceph (software)

Ceph (pronounced /ˈsɛf/) is a free and open-source software-defined storage platform that provides object storage, block storage, and file storage built on a common distributed cluster foundation. Ceph provides distributed operation without a single point of failure and scalability to the exabyte level. Since version 12 (Luminous), Ceph does not rely on…

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Developers
Red Hat · Intel · CERN · Cisco · Fujitsu
License
LGPLv2.1
Operating system
Linux, FreeBSD, Windows
Original authors
Sage Weil · Yehuda Sadeh Weinraub · Gregory Farnum · Josh Durgin · Samuel Just
Repository
github.com/ceph
Stable release
20.2.0 (Tentacle) / 18 November 2025

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Ceph (software)

Nodes117
Edges116
Triples29
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.017094
Components1

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Ceph (software)

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Developers · 8
Ceph (software) → Canonical, CERN, Cisco, Fujitsu, Intel, Red Hat, SanDisk, SUSE
Original authors · 6
Ceph (software) → Gregory Farnum, Josh Durgin, Sage Weil, Samuel Just, Wido den Hollander, Yehuda Sadeh Weinraub
License · 1
Ceph (software) → LGPLv2.1
Operating system · 1
Ceph (software) → Linux, FreeBSD, Windows
Repository · 1
Ceph (software) → github.com/ceph
Stable release · 1
Ceph (software) → 20.2.0 (Tentacle) / 18 November 2025
Type · 1
Ceph (software) → Distributed object store
Website · 1
Ceph (software) → ceph.io
Written in · 1
Ceph (software) → C++, Python

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ceph storage system file object data block distributed linux rados cluster also weil ceph's metadata filesystem rbd bluestore including provides

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Ceph (software)DevelopersRed Hat1.00infobox
Ceph (software)DevelopersIntel1.00infobox
Ceph (software)DevelopersCERN1.00infobox
Ceph (software)DevelopersCisco1.00infobox
Ceph (software)DevelopersFujitsu1.00infobox
Ceph (software)DevelopersSanDisk1.00infobox
Ceph (software)DevelopersCanonical1.00infobox
Ceph (software)DevelopersSUSE1.00infobox
Ceph (software)LicenseLGPLv2.11.00infobox
Ceph (software)Operating systemLinux, FreeBSD, Windows1.00infobox
Ceph (software)Original authorsSage Weil1.00infobox
Ceph (software)Original authorsYehuda Sadeh Weinraub1.00infobox
Ceph (software)Original authorsGregory Farnum1.00infobox
Ceph (software)Original authorsJosh Durgin1.00infobox
Ceph (software)Original authorsSamuel Just1.00infobox
Ceph (software)Original authorsWido den Hollander1.00infobox
Ceph (software)Repositorygithub.com/ceph1.00infobox
Ceph (software)Stable release20.2.0 (Tentacle) / 18 November 20251.00infobox
Ceph (software)TypeDistributed object store1.00infobox
Ceph (software)Websiteceph.io1.00infobox
Ceph (software)Written inC++, Python1.00infobox

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