Librados is the Ceph library which you can include in your own applications to allow you to directly talk to a Ceph cluster using the native protocols. As librados communicates with Ceph using its native communication protocols, it allows your application to harness the full power, speed, and flexibility of Ceph, instead of having to make use of high-level protocols like Amazon S3. A vast array of functions allows your application to read and write simple objects all the way to advanced operations, where you might want to wrap several operations in a transaction or run them asynchronously. Librados is available for several languages, including C, C++, Python, PHP, and Java.
Mastering Ceph
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Overview of this book
Mastering Ceph covers all that you need to know to use Ceph effectively. Starting with design goals and planning steps that should be undertaken to ensure successful deployments, you will be guided through to setting up and deploying the Ceph cluster, with the help of orchestration tools. Key areas of Ceph including Bluestore, Erasure coding and cache tiering will be covered with help of examples. Development of applications which use Librados and Distributed computations with shared object classes are also covered. A section on tuning will take you through the process of optimisizing both Ceph and its supporting infrastructure. Finally, you will learn to troubleshoot issues and handle various scenarios where Ceph is likely not to recover on its own.
By the end of the book, you will be able to successfully deploy and operate a resilient high performance Ceph cluster.
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Mastering Ceph
Table of Contents (12 chapters)
Preface
Free Chapter
Planning for Ceph
Deploying Ceph
BlueStore
Erasure Coding for Better Storage Efficiency
Developing with Librados
Distributed Computation with Ceph RADOS Classes
Monitoring Ceph
Tiering with Ceph
Tuning Ceph
Troubleshooting
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